Both Uses of
inexplicable
in
The Great Gatsby
- Her expression was curiously familiar — it was an expression I had often seen on women's faces, but on Myrtle Wilson's face it seemed purposeless and inexplicable until I realized that her eyes, wide with jealous terror, were fixed not on Tom, but on Jordan Baker, whom she took to be his wife.†
p. 124..9
- There was an inexplicable amount of dust everywhere, and the rooms were musty, as though they hadn't been aired for many days.†
p. 147..9 *
Definition:
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(inexplicable) incapable of being explained or accounted for