coherently

[ koh-heer-uhnt-lee, -her- ]

/ koʊˈhɪər ənt li, -ˈhɛr- /

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adverb

in a clear and logically connected, consistent, intelligible way; in a way that makes sense: None of the parties present was able to explain coherently what had happened.Your paper must have a soundly reasoned, coherently written conclusion.

with a natural, harmonious, well-balanced agreement of parts: We’ve turned these goals into concrete initiatives that work coherently across humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding efforts.

Physics, Optics. with electromagnetic waves in a fixed phase relationship maintained over time: A coherently illuminated system is especially useful for performing spectral analysis.

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Origin of coherently

coherent + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM coherently

non·co·her·ent·ly, adverb

Words nearby coherently

coherence, coherence theory, coherent, coherent control, coherent light, coherently, coherer, cohesion, cohesionless soil, cohesive, cohesively

How to use coherently in a sentence

“On a bright summer day in the open air, the world with my ego suddenly appeared to me as one coherent mass of sensations,” he later wrote.
When Einstein Tilted at Windmills - Issue 93: Forerunners|Amanda Gefter|November 18, 2020|Nautilus
Today’s announcement is about bringing all of these components the company has created into a more coherent and connected enterprise product.
Solo.io announces service mesh platform aimed at enterprise customers|Ron Miller|November 12, 2020|TechCrunch
The unchecked spread of the virus threatens to make the coming weeks and months particularly dangerous for the nation, which still has little semblance of a coherent federal strategy to stem the tide of infections.
Pfizer coronavirus vaccine could be cleared by mid-December following release of data showing it is more than 90 percent effective|Laurie McGinley, Lena H. Sun, Carolyn Y. Johnson|November 10, 2020|Washington Post
I’ll leave his policies and his politics — to the extent that he ever had policies or coherent politics — to the pundits.
Trumpism is a lifestyle disease, chronic in America|Philip Kennicott|November 6, 2020|Washington Post

Another system, called Haim, works a bit like GPT-3, composing long coherent passages from a few sentences of human writing.
Startup cofounded by A.I. heavy hitters debuts editing tool it hopes will ‘transform writing’|Jeremy Kahn|October 27, 2020|Fortune
This begs the question: can creative people coherently explain the myriad of ideas swirling in their minds?
What Drives Fashion Designer Dries Van Noten|Sarah Moroz|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This rant is pretty difficult to summarize coherently, so probably best to just watch for yourself.
Victoria Jackson’s Greatest Hits|Caitlin Dickson|February 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For decades, but especially since the Iraq War, people have been bashing neocons without coherently defining who they are.
‘Neoconservative’ Needs to Be Retired. Why Not Try ‘Imperialist’?|Peter Beinart|June 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Sheen clearly and coherently denied those allegations in his interview with the Today show Wednesday morning.
Who Is Brooke Mueller?|Tricia Romano|March 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Yet the film is confusingly presented, with too many subplots that aren't coherently integrated.
The Oscars' Foreign Language Flop|Stephen Farber|February 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Gray lost much of his irritability and began to talk coherently upon topics of general interest.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
When he was taken on board the tender, and restored to consciousness, he was incapable of talking coherently.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
He was so excited that it was difficult for Arcot to read his thoughts coherently.
Islands of Space|John W Campbell
He was too angry to speak coherently, too bewildered to know what to say.
Queensland Cousins|Eleanor Luisa Haverfield
But Gano shrank from the sound and fury of the iconoclast as much as from his more coherently expressed doctrines.
The Open Question|Elizabeth Robins