All 4 Uses of
coherent
in
David Copperfield
- I had many a broken sleep inside the Yarmouth mail, and many an incoherent dream of all these things.†
Chpt 7-9 *incoherent = not sensible or clear; or describing parts as not fitting together in a consistent or pleasing mannerstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incoherent means not and reverses the meaning of coherent. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- Four sides of incoherent and interjectional beginnings of sentences, that had no end, except blots, were inadequate to afford her any relief.†
Chpt 16-18
- I conjured him, incoherently, but in the most impassioned manner, not to abandon himself to this wildness, but to hear me.†
Chpt 37-39incoherently = not in a sensible and clear manner; or not in a manner where parts fit together consistently or pleasinglystandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incoherently means not and reverses the meaning of coherently. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- The rest is all a more or less incoherent dream.†
Chpt 43-45incoherent = not sensible or clear; or describing parts as not fitting together in a consistent or pleasing mannerstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incoherent means not and reverses the meaning of coherent. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
Definitions:
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(1)
(coherent) sensible and clear; or describing parts as fitting together in a consistent or pleasing manner
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of coherent such as one used in physics.