adverb

inexplicably

adverb

In a way that can't be explained; for no clear reason.

"The train inexplicably stopped in the middle of the tunnel for an hour."

How to Use Inexplicably

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishHappening in a way nobody can account for.

Common pairings

inexplicably, he disappeared inexplicably

more inexplicably comparative, most inexplicably superlative

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The train _____ stopped in the middle of the tunnel for an hour.

From inexplicable + -ly.

notably probably arguably amicably suitably reliably admirably favorably miserably inexorably reasonably invariably