disjointedly

Examples

• All

• You've no idea..." the first girl kept repeating disjointedly, coming out of the pool.

  Fiction book (2000)

• (orchestra plays disjointedly)

  Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)

• We nearly lost our minds when people crowded around our cages, ogling us, because we could not keep from speaking all of their memories at once, disjointedly.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The heels of her old-fashioned, barely worn shoes thudded oddly, disjointedly, against the wooden floor.

  Fiction book (2002)

• (orchestra play Beethoven's Symphony No. 5  disjointedly)

  Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)

• I ought to make the old man walk there, but he's afraid of putting any weight on the leg he broke and into which a metal prosthesis was inserted, with the result that he walks disjointedly, limping, looking like he's about to fall at any moment.

  Academic text (2007)

• She spoke disjointedly during the meeting, struggling to connect her thoughts.

• As he walked down the street, he noticed the kids playing disjointedly, running in different directions.

Synonyms

I

incoherently

vsdisjointedly

5 6.7

In a way that is not clear or logical

is about broken order and disconnected parts rather than just unclear expression

C

confusedly

vsdisjointedly

1 4.0

In a way that shows you are not sure or do not understand

refers more to structural disorder and absence of order than to mental bewilderment

D

disconnectedly

vsdisjointedly

6.8

Happens without a clear connection or smooth flow

focuses on missing overall order and fragmentation rather than only lack of connection

F

fragmentarily

vsdisjointedly

7.8

In small separate parts that are not complete

emphasizes a fragmented or disordered arrangement rather than mere incompleteness

U

unsystematically

vsdisjointedly

6.9

A way of acting that has no order or plan

is about lack of coherence and fragmentation rather than only missing method

I

incongruently

vsdisjointedly

7.5

In a way that does not fit or match something else

concerns lack of internal order and fragmentation rather than external mismatch

How Disjointedly

chaotically

1 5.6

disjointedly

7.3

choppily

6.4

haltingly

3 7.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology