unaccountably

[US]/ˌʌnə'kauntəbli/
[UK]/ˌ ʌnəˈkaʊntəblɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in a way that cannot be explained or accounted for; without a clear reason

Example Sentences

She was unaccountably irritated.

Unaccountably, he kept silent.

She felt unaccountably nervous before the job interview.

He was unaccountably absent from the meeting.

The cat unaccountably disappeared from the house.

The team's performance unaccountably declined in the second half.

She unaccountably forgot her own birthday this year.

The car broke down unaccountably in the middle of the highway.

His mood shifted unaccountably after receiving the news.

The painting's value increased unaccountably after the artist's death.

She unaccountably burst into tears upon hearing the song.

The book's popularity grew unaccountably despite mixed reviews.

Real-world Examples

“Sit down, Harry, ” he said, and Harry sat, feeling unaccountably nervous.

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Nothing was discovered, however, except that, unaccountably, the right hand of the skeleton was gone.

Source: Seven-angled Tower (Part 2)

He would not this time fall into the error of blustering, which he had caught so unaccountably from Lilia.

Source: The places where angels dare not tread.

Still, she felt the more, for this incident, how unaccountably silent and impenetrable the house had become.

Source: Seven-angled Tower (Part 2)

A tram roared by in the dark, and Lucy felt unaccountably sad, though she had long since dried her eyes.

Source: The Room with a View (Part 1)

The procedure for holding up of press releases dates back to before the era of open government, and I unaccountably omitted to rescind it.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 1

Yet those who approached Dorothea, though prejudiced against her by this alarming hearsay, found that she had a charm unaccountably reconcilable with it.

Source: Middlemarch (Part One)

It was some time before I succeeded in cutting an armful, having, somehow, unaccountably lost the power of wielding the axe with any manner of precision.

Source: Twelve Years a Slave

She had expected Mrs. Rachel up; she had known that the sight of Matthew jaunting off so unaccountably would be too much for her neighbor's curiosity.

Source: Anne of Green Gables (Original Version)

In short, I behaved myself so unaccountably, that they were all of the captain's opinion when he first saw me, and concluded I had lost my wits.

Source: Gulliver's Travels (Original Version)

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