nonsensically

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The film exhibits no sense of how to stage a surprise, settling instead for hackish tricks like having a character nonsensically appear in, say, the middle of a deserted street as though arriving via drone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

"Someone came up to me speaking nonsensically, I didn't understand what he was saying," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

That sentiment was immediately undermined, however, when she waffled nonsensically, seemingly oblivious to how freedom is won in warfare.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2023

Characters behave nonsensically in Peter Hutchings’ script, and each laugh they get feels like they stumbled into it.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2019

Charles took a swallow of his drink and ran up another octave, trilling nonsensically on the keys with his right hand.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt