All 3 Uses of
coherent
in
Misery
- Geoffrey had been sitting by Ian, who was remembering in a broken, scarcely coherent way how he and Ian had rescued Misery from the palace dungeons of the mad French viscount Leroux, how they had escaped in a wagonload of hay, and how Misery distracted one of the viscounts guards at a critics moment by slipping one gorgeously unclad leg out of the hay and waving it delicately.†
Chpt 2
- the man's deep grief and frequent incoherent cries.
Chpt 2 *incoherent = not understandable (unclear)standard 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.
- That will bring her, he thought incoherently.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
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(coherent) sensible and clear; or describing parts as fitting together in a consistent or pleasing manner