nonsensically

/nɑnˈsɛnsɪkəɫli/ adv

In a nonsensical manner.

Word Origin Sense comes from Latin sentire 'to feel, perceive'. Nonsense is literally 'no feeling, no perception' — something that doesn't make sense. Nonsensically is doing something absurdly. The root sentire gives us sensation, sensible, sensitive, sentiment, sentence, consent, dissent, resent. So nonsensical is 'un-feeling' in a logical sense.

adv In a nonsensical manner.

He was talking nonsensically after staying up all night.

(副词) 荒谬地;荒唐地;无意义地

通宵熬夜后,他胡言乱语地说着话。

(adverbio) De manera absurda o sin sentido.

Hablaba sin sentido tras pasar la noche en vela.

(adverbe) absurdement; de façon absurde; insensément; déliramment; de manière insensée [De manière absurde ou dénuée de sens.]

Il parlait **nonsensically** après avoir veillé toute la nuit.

(Adverb) unsinnig; sinnlos [auf unsinnige oder sinnlose Weise; ohne logischen Zusammenhang oder Bedeutung]

Er redete **nonsensically**, nachdem er die ganze Nacht wach geblieben war.

(副詞) 意味をなさない方法で、ばかげた様子で。

彼は一晩中起きていたあと、わけのわからないことを話していた。

(advérbio) absurdamente; sem sentido; desarrazoadamente; insensatamente [De maneira absurda; sem sentido.]

Ele estava falando sem nexo depois de passar a noite toda acordado.

Word parts: non + sense + ical + ly

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