impenetrably

adv

Etymology

From impenetrable + -ly.

  1. derived from impenetrābilis
  2. derived from impenetrable
  3. inherited from inpenetrabel
  4. suffixed as impenetrably — “impenetrable + ly

Definitions

  1. In an impenetrable manner or state

    In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously.

    • Far otherwise the inviolable Saints, In cubick phalanx firm, advanced entire, Invulnerable, impenetrably armed;
    • And now, on Fancy’s easy wing convey’d, The King descended to th’ Elyzian shade. There, in a dusky vale where Lethe rolls, Old Bavius sits, to dip poetic souls, And blunt the sense, and fit it for a scull Of solid proof, impenetrably dull.
    • She looked at Jane, to see how she bore it; but Jane was very composedly talking to Bingley. She looked at his two sisters, and saw them making signs of derision at each other, and at Darcy, who continued however impenetrably grave.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA