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incomprehensibly

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

In an incomprehensible manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Proto-Indo-European *ghed- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *ghnédti Proto-Italic *hendō Proto-Italic *praiɣendō Latin prehendō Latin comprehendō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin comprehēnsibilis Latin incomprehēnsibilisbor. Middle French incomprehensibleder. English incomprehensible 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 incomprehensibly From incomprehensible + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: incomprensiblement — in an incomprehensible manner
  • Finnish: käsittämättömästi — in an incomprehensible manner
  • French: incompréhensiblement — in an incomprehensible manner
  • Galician: incomprensiblemente — in an incomprehensible manner
  • Hungarian: érthetetlenül — in an incomprehensible manner
  • Italian: incomprensibilmente — in an incomprehensible manner
  • Portuguese: incompreensivelmente — in an incomprehensible manner
  • Spanish: incomprensiblemente — in an incomprehensible manner