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indistinctly

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What does indistinctly mean?

adverb

  1. In an indistinct manner.

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This altar to the Future of his, we can claim as an altar to our God--an altar rather indistinctly inscribed.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsGod, the Invisible KingProject Gutenberg ebook #1046
Under these circumstances the curse is usually muttered indistinctly, and seems then to work upon the victim all the more powerfully.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307
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He had seated himself in silence on the nearest bed, and, as he was behind Jondrette, he could only be indistinctly seen.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
“Open the wardrobe,” said Mrs. Flushing after a pause, speaking indistinctly because of a paint-brush in her mouth, “and look at the things.”
Virginia WoolfThe Voyage OutProject Gutenberg ebook #144
He interrupted him, talked rapidly and indistinctly, without looking at the man he was addressing, and did not reply to questions put to him.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600