inscrutably
In unfathomable fashion
Inscrutably means in a manner that cannot be read or interpreted.
An inscrutably calm face reveals nothing of the person's thoughts or feelings.
The word often describes expressions, silences, or behaviors that resist understanding: She smiled inscrutably and said nothing.
It carries a sense of deliberate mystery or impenetrability.
In puzzling manner
- crypticallyIn hidden meaning
- mysteriouslyIn puzzling manner
- unfathomablyBeyond capacity to understand
- impenetrablyWithout allowing passage through
sphinxlike · unknowably · inexplicably · secretively · elusively · arcane · hermetically · oracularly
Beyond ability to comprehend
- undecipherablyImpossible to decode
- inexplicablyBeyond rational understanding
- incomprehensiblyBeyond capacity to grasp
- unfathomablyBeyond capacity to understand
impenetrably · bafflingly · bewilderingly · perplexingly · confoundingly · puzzlingly · paradoxically · unaccountably
Without visible reaction
- blanklyWithout any expression
- stoicallyWith unemotional endurance
- stonilyWithout visible feeling
- pokerfacedShowing no emotion
deadpan · emotionlessly · unmoved · unreadably · woodenly · flatly · vacantly · dispassionately
With complex detail
- elaboratelyWith great detail
- complicatedlyIn complex manner
- tortuouslyIn a twisting way
- knottyComplex and difficult
tangled · nuanced · obliquely · indirectly · circuitously
enigmatically
In puzzling manner
- crypticallyIn hidden meaning
- mysteriouslyIn puzzling manner
- unfathomablyBeyond capacity to understand
impenetrably · sphinxlike · unknowably · inexplicably · secretively · elusively · arcane · hermetically · oracularly · cabalistic
unintelligibly
Beyond ability to comprehend
- undecipherablyImpossible to decode
- inexplicablyBeyond rational understanding
- incomprehensiblyBeyond capacity to grasp
unfathomably · impenetrably · bafflingly · bewilderingly · perplexingly · confoundingly · puzzlingly · paradoxically · unaccountably · abstrusely
impassively
Without visible reaction
pokerfaced · deadpan · emotionlessly · unmoved · unreadably · woodenly · flatly · vacantly · dispassionately · coolly
intricately
With complex detail
- elaboratelyWith great detail
- complicatedlyIn complex manner
- tortuouslyIn a twisting way
knotty · tangled · nuanced · obliquely · indirectly · circuitously
inscrutablytransparently
In an obvious manner
openly · expressively · readably · obviously · plainly
inscrutablyexpressively
With outward emotion
unreservedly · demonstratively · effusively · openly · emphatically