unintelligibly

Examples

• All

• Hagar asked him questions, and he responded by jerking his head or mumbling unintelligibly.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Apart from that, the news was unintelligibly weird, full of people, places, words, and countries he had never heard of.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Danny lay on the sofa with his eyes closed and muttered unintelligibly.

  Fiction book (1998)

• If you had one of the writing/coloring assignments, you could literally see yourself deteriorating; those who had to say something or other had little idea and would just begin to ramble on unintelligibly most of the time.

  Blog text (10)

• However, on the fourth afternoon, she was suddenly unable to keep Helen's face distinct from the sights themselves; her lips widened as she bent down over the bed, and she began to gabble unintelligibly like the rest.

  Academic text (1998)

• He was speaking so quickly that his words came out unintelligibly.

• The instructions were written unintelligibly, making it hard for anyone to follow them.

• During the lecture, the professor's strong accent made his explanations sound unintelligibly to many students.

Synonyms

I

incomprehensibly

vsunintelligibly

2 8.0

It is very hard to understand

also applies when understanding is only very difficult rather than impossible

U

unclearly

vsunintelligibly

1 4.4

Not clear or hard to understand

indicates stronger difficulty, often impossible rather than just unclear

I

inscrutably

vsunintelligibly

1 9.6

In a way that hides what someone feels and is hard to understand

describes lack of understanding without suggesting mystery or enigma

I

indecipherably

vsunintelligibly

1 8.5

So unclear that people cannot read or understand it

is broader and covers any difficulty understanding not only unreadable text

U

undecipherably

vsunintelligibly

9.8

In a way people cannot read or understand

is focused on general understanding rather than only physical illegibility

Antonyms

C

clearly

554 1.0

In a way that is easy to see, hear, or understand

I

intelligibly

• Formal

1 4.9

In a clear and easy way that people can understand

How Understandable

unclearly

1 4.4

obscurely

2 7.7

unintelligibly

1 8.1

incomprehensibly

2 8.0

Surface Forms

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Etymology