incoherently
/ˌɪn.kəˈhɪə.ɹənt.li/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an incoherent manner.
Example Sentences
- "Later, it was revealed that Eisenhower often spoke incoherently on purpose, in order to confuse the press. He thought it was funny."
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.
Inflected Forms
more incoherently (comparative)
most incoherently (superlative)