unintelligibly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English intelligible

English unintelligible

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 unintelligibly

From unintelligible + -ly.

Adverb

unintelligibly (comparative more unintelligibly, superlative most unintelligibly)

1. In an unintelligible manner.

Antonyms

• intelligibly

Translations

in an unintelligible manner

• Catalan: inintel·ligiblement
• Finnish: käsittämättömästi
• Spanish: ininteligiblemente