unintelligibly

Thân thiện

The tourist asked for directions, but the local replied unintelligibly.

Definition

Adverb: In a manner that is impossible or very difficult to understand; not clearly spoken or articulated.

Usage

The adverb "unintelligibly" describes how an action, typically speaking, is performed. It indicates that the speech or sound produced is unclear, muddled, or incomprehensible to the listener.

Examples

• The witness, overcome with emotion, mumbled unintelligibly into the microphone.
• The radio transmission from the damaged spacecraft came through unintelligibly, filled with static.
• He was speaking so unintelligibly that I had to ask him to repeat himself three times.

Advanced Usage

• "unintelligibly fast": Used to describe speech that is incomprehensible primarily due to its excessive speed.
  • The auctioneer rattled off the numbers unintelligibly fast.
• "to mutter/slur/mumble unintelligibly": Common verb collocations that describe specific ways of speaking that result in a lack of clarity.
  • The patient, still under sedation, muttered unintelligibly.

Variants and Related Words

• Unintelligible (adjective): Describes something that cannot be understood.
  • The document was filled with unintelligible jargon.
• Intelligibly (adverb): The direct antonym, meaning in a clear and understandable manner.
  • Please state your name intelligibly for the court record.

Synonyms

• Incoherently
• Inarticulately
• Indistinctly

Antonyms

• Intelligibly
• Clearly
• Coherently
• Articulately

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in an unintelligible manner
   • the foreigners spoke unintelligibly

Từ đồng nghĩa

• ununderstandably