impenetrably
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im·pen·e·tra·ble
(ĭm-pĕn′ĭ-trə-bəl)adj.
1. Impossible to penetrate or enter: an impenetrable fortress.
2. Impossible to understand; incomprehensible: impenetrable jargon.
3. Impervious to sentiment or argument: an impenetrable heart.
im·pen′e·tra·ble·ness n.
im·pen′e·tra·bly adv.
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Translations
impenetrably
adv
thick, dark → undurchdringlich
(= incomprehensibly) → unergründlich, undurchschaubar; his pictures can appear, at first sight, impenetrably obscure → auf den ersten Blick kann die Obskurität seiner Bilder unverständlich erscheinen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
impenetrably
[ɪmˈpɛnɪtrəblɪ] adv → impenetrabilmenteCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995