nonsensically
1
6.5
- adverb
- /nɑnˈsɛnsɪkli/
:
absurdamente
- The air smelled strangely briny, and a crab, a child's wind-up toy, scuttled nonsensically by her ankles.
But anyway, the soft launch, they start going on and on and on and they're rambling nonsensically, but they start talking a lot about immigration.
- But anyway, the soft launch, they start going on and on and on and they're rambling nonsensically, but they start talking a lot about immigration.
Examples
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To say that I am subject only to my own commands is to speak nonsensically, since, as their author, I may also at any time release myself from them.
Academic text (1999) -
Courts have interpreted the section nonsensically, holding that even when an agency fails to perform any regulatory flexibility analysis, only a failure to respond to public comments justifies overturning a rule.
Academic text (1995) -
"Oh, making a milkshake," I said nonsensically.
Fiction book (1990) -
But anyway, the soft launch, they start going on and on and on and they're rambling nonsensically, but they start talking a lot about immigration.
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Men with fair complexions, like Englishmen... ...were regarded as beautiful... ...no matter how nonsensically their features were arranged.
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Instead, Chief Justice Marshall is addressing whether the Commerce Clause should be read nonsensically so as to apply only to "the narrow boundary between the two states."
Academic text (2002) -
Occasionally, his journey into the heart of darkness breaks up into the adventures of sweet Alice and laughing Allegra or, more nonsensically, into those of Alice in Wonderland.
Academic text (1997) -
Chile earns this nonsensically low ranking because of its continuing position in a "colonial division of labor," based in turn on its exports of copper and other minerals (p. 10).
Academic text (2000) -
Clement, of course, can take refuge in the inefficiencies of the state, the impossibility of calculation in a world not ruled by the market, or he can talk nonsensically about how what he wants to do is free people from the lies of their religious masters or having to worry about an afterlife; but regardless, it is conceivable and thus is a worthy thought experiment.
Blog text (8) -
After the long meeting, he started to speak nonsensically, jumbling his words together.
Synonyms
29
6.9
In a way that cannot be explained or understood
24
3.0
In a way that shows bad judgment or not being smart
5
6.7
In a way that is not clear or logical
5
4.1
In a way that shows poor judgment
4
6.0
In a way that has no good reason or purpose
4
4.3
In a way that has no purpose or use
3
4.0
In a way that makes it hard to understand
2
8.1
In a way that is very hard to understand
2
8.0
It is very hard to understand
1
6.8
In a way that does not follow clear thinking
1
6.9
In a way that people cannot understand
1
6.8
In a random way with no clear reason
1
7.9
In a way that makes something hard to understand
1
5.9
In a way that has no clear purpose or reason
1
8.4
Acts without thought or understanding
1
7.6
In a very foolish way that shows little sense
1
7.0
Acting without thinking
In a way that is not based on reason or careful thinking
In a way based on wrong reasons or false facts
Doing something without a clear aim or plan
In a way not connected to the main topic
Antonyms
How Nonsensical
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonsensically = nonsensical (transparent) = non + sense + ical + ly
The adverb is formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'nonsensical', which itself is clearly built from 'non' + 'sense' + '-ical'.
Etymology
Nonsensically breaks into three parts: non- meaning 'not', sense meaning 'meaning or reason', and -ly meaning 'in this way'. So nonsensically means doing or saying something 'in a way that makes no sense', which is why we use it when speech or actions are confusing.