adv
Meaning 1
In an incoherent manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: coherently
Standard Lemma guide
incoherently
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adverb
Meaning 2
in an incoherent manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he talked incoherently when he drank too much
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: coherently
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- 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-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English incoherently From incoherent + -ly or in- + coherently.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: incoherentment — in an incoherent manner
- Finnish: ristiriitaisesti — in an incoherent manner
- Finnish: epäjohdonmukaisesti — in an incoherent manner
- Finnish: epäyhtenäisesti — in an incoherent manner
- Finnish: hajanaisesti — in an incoherent manner
- Finnish: sekavasti — in an incoherent manner
- Italian: incoerentemente — in an incoherent manner
- Polish: nieściśle — in an incoherent manner
- Portuguese: incoerentemente — in an incoherent manner
- Spanish: incoherentemente — in an incoherent manner
- Swedish: osammanhängande — in an incoherent manner