inconsistentlyadv.
/ɪnkənˈsɪstəntli/ In an inconsistent manner.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adverb] > in an inconsistent manner
repugnantly?1526
unagreeably1546
inconstantly1549
discrepantly1603
inconsistently1665
1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies vi. 109 in Disc. Prodigies (ed. 2) A Melancholy kind of Madness..made him..speak distractedly and inconsistently.
1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel 86 Who will be sure never to interpret it inconsistently to his own corrupt Interest.
1720 D. Waterland 8 Serm. Divinity of Christ 262 The Text of St. John..is very inconsistently put together with this other Construction.
1833 C. Lamb Ellistoniana in Last Ess. Elia 38 Adventitious trappings, which, nevertheless, sit not at all inconsistently upon him.
1881 W. B. Pope Higher Catech. Theol. 382 This plausible argument is inconsistently urged by the annihilationist.
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