adv. [f. prec.] Unutterably, indescribably.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 154. The clere syght of fayth … gyueth more ioye vnspekably to the contemplatyue seruauntes of god, than [etc.].
1597. Hooker, Eccl. Pol., V. liv. § 8. God hath in Christ vnspeakablie glorified the nobler … part of our nature.
1647. H. More, Song of Soul, Notes 358. Some inhabit God himself, who is unspeakably infinite.
1681. Flavel, Meth. Grace, x. 224. It is unspeakably delightful.
1705. Phil. Trans., XXV. 1910. A Confluence … of unspeakably small Salt Particles.
1754. Edwards, Freed. Will, IV. v. 226. Man is … unspeakably different from a meer Machine.
1842. Dickens, Amer. Notes (1850), 150/1. The effect is said to be unspeakably absurd.
1871. Le Fanu, Rose & Key, II. 298. It was unspeakably provoking.
