All 4 Uses of
coherent
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- He tried hard to think coherently and (I ENJOYED) just couldn't (FUCKING THE SHIT OUT OF HER) do it.†
coherently = in a sensible and clear manner; or in a manner where parts fit together consistently or pleasingly
- He wasn't answering very coherently any more.†
- The glazed way his eyes rolled toward her when she spoke to him, like the eyes of a fighter who has been struck and struck and struck, a fighter who has lost his coherence along with his mouthguard
*coherence = ability to think logically
- The old monster, she thought incoherently, keeps his watch still.†
incoherently = 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.
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.