The Only Use of
inexplicable
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Setting aside the whole grim story of Sir Charles's death, we had a line of inexplicable incidents all within the limits of two days, which included the receipt of the printed letter, the black-bearded spy in the hansom, the loss of the new brown boot, the loss of the old black boot, and now the return of the new brown boot.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(inexplicable) incapable of being explained or accounted for