nonsensically

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

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

Its protagonist is a hapless writer who nonsensically gets caught up in secret-agent intrigue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

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

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2023

And there were the classic “Star Trek” tropes, like Jean-Luc nonsensically going to the Borg cube, when he was likely the least physically capable of the old crew in fighting off the Borg.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

With that he picked up his lilies, and then with a beckoning wave of his hand went hopping and dancing along the path eastward, still singing loudly and nonsensically.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien