Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an incoherent manner; without coherence of parts; disconnectedly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an incoherent manner; without due connection of parts.
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- adverb In an
incoherent manner
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- adverb in an incoherent manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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(Mrs. Starkweather, supported by Connie, moaning incoherently, is led back across stage to chair.)
THEFT 2010
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So, when times are bad, we need to create jobs, watching a bunch of wild eyed anti-business guys, all jabber on incoherently is IN AND OF ITSELF hurting the system.
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He shook his head smiled, muttered the name incoherently, and said he thought it sounded like a dead name.
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He certainly didn't stumble and babble incoherently, which is what his opponents say he does.
Live-blogging the big debate. Ann Althouse 2008
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She dashed into the house, and found a demoralised kitchen-maid calling incoherently for help down the telephone.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 14, 1917 Various
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Didn't we mean 'incoherently' instead of 'incontinently?'
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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I could see you, "incoherently," alone, bereft of the friend you loved and who loved you ....
The Grey Cloak Harold MacGrath 1901
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So he is mumbling incoherently, meaning they can't understand what he is saying, and they interpret that through their brain-washed training that he wants to kill them.
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Lots of statistics, but jumbled together incoherently.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Lots of statistics, but jumbled together incoherently.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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