inscrutably

Meanings

• adjective

  Unable to be understood; impenetrable.

• adjective

  Baffling or inexplicable.

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Rhymes

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mysteriously , unquestionably

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Variants

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inscrutabilities , inscrutability , inscrutable , inscrutableness , inscrutablenesses , inscrutably

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Etymology

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From the Latin in- 'not' + scrutare 'to examine' or 'to search'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'inscrutable' was first used in English in the late 15th century.

2. The longest word in the English language that can be formed using only the letters in the word 'inscrutable' is 'unquestionableness'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Mysterious: Related to something that is difficult to understand or explain.

2. Enigmatic: Related to something that is puzzling or hard to understand.

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Quotes

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1. Of all the myths that have grown up around Alan Greenspan, the most powerful is the idea that he's willfully "inscrutable".

   - James Surowiecki,{it}New Yorker{/it},22 Jan. 2001

2. That wily politicians might adopt Franklin's distinction between appearance and reality to become "inscrutable" confidence men did not seem to trouble him.

   - John H. Summers,{it}Journal of American History{/it},December 2000

3. Supersymmetry is a magic mirror, and everything in what we imagine to be the real world has its ghostly, "inscrutable" mirror image.

   - Ian Stewart,{it}Prospect{/it},September 2003

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Culture

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Inscrutably has been used in literature to describe characters or situations that are difficult to understand or interpret. For instance, in the novel 'The Scarlet Letter' by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the protagonist Hester Prynne is described as wearing a scarlet letter 'A' as a sign of her sin, which is an inscrutable symbol to the townsfolk.

How to Memorize "inscrutably"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a complex puzzle or a locked safe that can only be opened with the right combination. To memorize the word inscrutably, visualize the process of trying to understand or solve something that is initially difficult or impossible to grasp.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word inscrutably with the concept of a riddle or a puzzle. Try to think of a memorable riddle or a puzzle and recall the word whenever you encounter a situation that requires understanding something difficult.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic phrase such as 'Inscrutably is a word that's hard to scrutinize' to help remember the meaning of the word.

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