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Synonyms for unintelligibly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : uhn-in-tel-i-juh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒə bəl |
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Définition of unintelligibly
Origin :- 1610s, "incapable of being understood," from un- (1) "not" + intelligible. Related: Unintelligibly.
- As in illegibly : adv faintly
- As in incoherently : adv inarticulately
- He called back one of the Zaptiehs and muttered to him unintelligibly in Turkish.
- Extract from : « By Desert Ways to Baghdad » by Louisa Jebb
- He read through a sermon after dinner, unintelligibly and even inaudibly.
- Extract from : « Mr. Scarborough's Family » by Anthony Trollope
- So Fanny regained life and consciousness; she no longer chattered oddly and unintelligibly, but lay very still and quiet.
- Extract from : « A Hungarian Nabob » by Maurus Jkai
- Then it began to whir again in the locust speech of the Martian commentator, explaining rapidly, unintelligibly.
- Extract from : « The Record of Currupira » by Robert Abernathy
- They unintelligibly hailed me, and I replied with inarticulate but cheerful sounds, and hurried forward to get into my gaiters.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- That volume of poems so unintelligibly obscure to all but the dreaming young, who are so unintelligibly obscure to themselves.
- Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- John Junior muttered again, inaudibly to Miss Lambkin, but not unintelligibly.
- Extract from : « Concerning Sally » by William John Hopkins
- He called to them unintelligibly, stumbling up the sharp hill, and pointing to the boots.
- Extract from : « Red Men and White » by Owen Wister
- His brain was burning and his mind all abroad: he tossed from side to side and talked vehemently—but even to Helen unintelligibly.
- Extract from : « Thomas Wingfold, Curate » by George MacDonald
- And so on and so on, more conjugal talk pattering softly and unintelligibly, until they were both ready to go down to tea.
- Extract from : « The Voyage Out » by Virginia Woolf
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