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Definition
sensible and clear; or describing parts as fitting together in a consistent or pleasing manner
- She sat twisting her hands together, almost weeping, appealing incoherently to Poirot.23 — Chapter 23 (8% in)
incoherently = in an unclear manner (not understandable)
(Editor's note: 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.)
(Editor's note: 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.)
- After wringing Poirot's hand and endeavouring very incoherently and unsuccessfully to thank him, Mr. Cust drew himself up and said: "Do you know, a newspaper has actually offered me a hundred pounds-a hundred pounds-for a brief account of my life and history.34 — Chapter 34 (99% in)
There are no more uses of "coherent" flagged with this meaning in The ABC Murders.
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- A man may believe himself divinely appointed to kill clergymen-or doctors-or old women in tobacco shops-and there's always some perfectly coherent reason behind it.8 — Chapter 8 (89% in)
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