Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incoherently

/ˌɪn.kəˈhɪə.ɹənt.li/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables
in-co-her-ent-ly
IPA
/ˌɪn.kəˈhɪə.ɹənt.li/
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an incoherent manner.

Example Sentences

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)

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Questions

How do you pronounce incoherently?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪn.kəˈhɪə.ɹənt.li/.
What does incoherently mean?
In an incoherent manner.
Where does incoherently come from?
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.

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