indistinctly

Adverb

Meaning

In an indistinct manner; not clearly; confusedly; dimly; as, certain ideas are indistinctly comprehended.

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Examples

Have they fancies - slow, perchance, Not at their beck, which indistinctly glance Until by song each floating part be linked To each, and all grow palpable, distinct? He pondered this. Robert Browning

Luck is my middle name," said Rincewind, indistinctly. "Mind you, my first name is Bad. Terry Pratchett

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us. Richard Whately

I have searched, I have indistinctly seen, I have doubted. Now, I hope. Henri Barbusse

These, and equivalent expressions, are just ; they are only defective, inasmuch as the particular ideas which they embrace are indistinctly announced; and different combinations are by means of them raised indifferent minds, and even in the same mind on different occasions. James Mill

You,” Damon said somewhat indistinctly through the blood in his mouth, "have been a naughty boy, boy. L.J. Smith

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