Both Uses of
inscrutable
in
Harry Potter (#6) and the Half-Blood Prince
- The prophecy could have referred to either of them, yet, for his own inscrutable reasons, Voldemort had chosen to believe that Harry was the one meant.†
Chpt 7 *
- But almost before Harry had registered what he had seen, Filch had turned and shuffled away, muttering under his breath; Malfoy h ad composed his face into a smile and was thanking Slughorn for his generosity, and Snape's face was smoothly inscrutable again.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(inscrutable) impossible to understand -- often when finding a person's facial expression or comments mysterious