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Coherently

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co·her·ent  (k-hîrnt, -hr-)
adj.
1. Sticking together; cohering.
2. Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts: a coherent essay.
3. Physics Of, relating to, or having waves with similar direction, amplitude, and phase that are capable of exhibiting interference.
4. Of or relating to a system of units of measurement in which a small number of basic units are defined from which all others in the system are derived by multiplication or division only.
5. Botany Sticking to but not fused with a part or an organ of the same kind.
co·herent·ly adv.
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Adv.1.coherently - in a coherent manner; "she could not talk coherently after the accident"
incoherently - in an incoherent manner; "he talked incoherently when he drank too much"
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I resolved, in the depth of my heart, that I would be most moderate- -most correct; and, having reflected a few minutes in order to arrange coherently what I had to say, I told her all the story of my sad childhood.
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But when he did find spoken words for it, they came to him coherently, though slowly.
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The woman's story hung coherently together, and all my questions were unable to shake it.
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