Literary notes about Inimitable (AI summary)
The word "inimitable" is often used by authors to evoke a sense of uniqueness that transcends imitation. In literature, it frequently appears as an accolade for a person’s style, grace, or singular talent—as seen when characters are lauded for their unmatched poise and eloquence ([1], [2], [3], [4]). At the same time, writers employ it to highlight distinctive features in settings or art, capturing the extraordinary quality in natural phenomena or creative works ([5], [6], [7]). Whether celebrating an exceptional observation ([8]) or critiquing an idiosyncratic attribute that defies replication ([9]), the term "inimitable" conveys an essence of remarkable exclusivity that remains a powerful compliment across a broad range of literary contexts.
- He measures two points, and, with a grace inimitable, offers his Majesty the choice.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - He bestows panegyric with inimitable grace, and satirises with equal dexterity.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius - My dearest Fanny ,—You are inimitable, irresistible.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen by Jane Austen - Bhaduri Mahasaya entered one of his inimitable discourses.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - Indeed, I have always had a passion for ferries; to me they afford inimitable, streaming, never-failing, living poems.
— from Complete Prose Works by Walt Whitman - Everywhere the aerial gradations and sky-effects inimitable; nowhere else such perspectives, such transparent lilacs and grays.
— from Complete Prose Works by Walt Whitman - Our eyes, aided by memory, would carve out in space and fix in time the most inimitable of pictures.
— from Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Henri Bergson - These scenes would bring to my mind one of Master's inimitable observations: "Some people try to be tall by cutting off the heads of others!"
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - These refractory habits are to blame for the rare and inimitable quality of genius; they impose excellence on one man and refuse it to a million.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana
