nonsensically
- a word derived from nonsense.
- a word derived from nonsensical.
Example Sentences
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The film exhibits no sense of how to stage a surprise, settling instead for hackish tricks like having a character nonsensically appear in, say, the middle of a deserted street as though arriving via drone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
"Someone came up to me speaking nonsensically, I didn't understand what he was saying," he said.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
And there were the classic “Star Trek” tropes, like Jean-Luc nonsensically going to the Borg cube, when he was likely the least physically capable of the old crew in fighting off the Borg.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023
I want to skip ahead for a second, because against everything I experienced previously while watching Hallmark's nonsensically titled holiday movie "Hanukkah on Rye," I cried at the end.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2022
Charles took a swallow of his drink and ran up another octave, trilling nonsensically on the keys with his right hand.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
