unaccountably
adverb
un·ac·count·ably
ˌən-ə-ˈkau̇n-tə-blē 
1
: in an unaccountable manner
looking unaccountably upset
heat was unaccountably disappearing
2
: for reasons that are hard to understand
unaccountably, he stayed right there
Examples of unaccountably in a Sentence
She was looking unaccountably upset.
Unaccountably, the problem was ignored.
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And her husband, Jacob (Antonio Banderas), a lauded and unaccountably hot stage director, adores her, both in the bedroom and outside it.
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 25 Dec. 2024
Not ambition to succeed on the world’s terms (though that asserted its own maddening static) but ambition to find forms for the seethe of rage, remembrance, and wild vitality that seemed, unaccountably, like sound inside me, demanding language but prelinguistic, somehow.
—Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
But then — suddenly — the fingers of one of his hands, theretofore wholly engaged in the nimble articulation of complicated fugues, and runs, and trills, were unaccountably free.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Dec. 2024
Melody, so unaccountably a product of unconscious forces, had placed his ego in abeyance, allowing a forbearing tenderness to emerge.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 25 Dec. 2024
Not ambition to succeed on the world’s terms (though that asserted its own maddening static) but ambition to find forms for the seethe of rage, remembrance, and wild vitality that seemed, unaccountably, like sound inside me, demanding language but prelinguistic, somehow.
—Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
But then — suddenly — the fingers of one of his hands, theretofore wholly engaged in the nimble articulation of complicated fugues, and runs, and trills, were unaccountably free.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Dec. 2024
Melody, so unaccountably a product of unconscious forces, had placed his ego in abeyance, allowing a forbearing tenderness to emerge.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Unaccountably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unaccountably. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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