incapable
adjective
not capable.
incapably
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a word derived from
incapable.
Example Sentences
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They had broken through Namur, so incapably defended.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
Mrs. Coolahan had probably assumed that either Julia was incapably drunk, or had been dismissed without benefit of clergy; at all events she had recognised that diplomatically it was correct to change the conversation.
From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville
What a hardened rogue you are!" thought Dr. Upround; "how feebly and incapably I must have put it!
From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
The lights were extinguished incapably by the rain which fell continually in his presence, but from his body there proceeded a luminous breath which sufficiently revealed the various incidents.
From The Mirror of Kong Ho by Ernest Bramah
Peach-bloom held against her cheek withers incapably by comparison.
From Kai Lung's Golden Hours by Ernest Bramah
