Incoherently
[,ɪnko'hɪrəntli]
Definition
(adv.) in an incoherent manner; 'he talked incoherently when he drank too much'.
Typist: Margery--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In an incoherent manner; without due connection of parts.
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Examples
- I conjured him, incoherently, but in the most impassioned manner, not to abandon himself to this wildness, but to hear me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Contrary to Bulstrode's alarmed expectation, he took little notice of Lydgate's presence, and continued to talk or murmur incoherently. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mr. Brooke kissed Meg entirely by mistake, as he somewhat incoherently explained. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I acknowledged his attention incoherently, and began to think this was a dream. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The man shook his fist, as he uttered these words incoherently. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He walked up and down the room, talking to himself incoherently in his own language. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is said that Edison replied rather incoherently and changed the topic of conversation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Oh, Gerty, I wasn't meant to be good, she sighed out incoherently. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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