disjointedly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English disjointed

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English disjointedly

From disjointed + -ly.

Adverb

disjointedly (comparative more disjointedly, superlative most disjointedly)

1. In a disjointed manner.
   • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 236:

     On the thirteenth day I drank some more water, and dozed and thought disjointedly of eating and of vague impossible plans of escape.

Translations

adverb — see also disjointly,‎ disjunctly

• Spanish: deslavazadamente, sin trabazón, inconexamente (es), deshilvanadamente, desjuntadamente