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incoherently

adv

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *ən- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Latin cohaerēnsder. Middle French coherentder. English coherent English incoherent Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English incoherently From incoherent + -ly or in- + coherently.

  1. derived from cohaērēns
  2. derived from coherent
  3. prefixed as incoherent — “in + coherent”
  4. formed as incoherently — “incoherent + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In an incoherent manner.

    • Later, it was revealed that Eisenhower often spoke incoherently on purpose, in order to confuse the press. He thought it was funny.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA