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indiˈstinctly, adv.
[f. indistinct a. (or its L. original) + -ly2: repr. L. indistincte.]
†1. In such a way as not to distinguish or make a difference between things, persons, or cases; without distinction; indifferently, indiscriminately.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. iii. 1064 The herid blake, in colde contre the hoor, And euery hugh to haue in places warme, Is indistincly good, and may not harme. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 189 In y⊇ first article..is conteyned & included indistinctly all yt we byleue expresly of god in hymselfe. 1656Bramhall Replic. 32 But I am far from concluding all indistinctly. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 370 After the year of Probation, when this Habit is common and indistinctly given to Novices and Persons profess'd.
2. Not clearly to the perception, discernment, or understanding; confusedly, obscurely, dimly.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Confusément, confusedly, indistinctly. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. ii. 46 The phantasie..Compounds those Images into some things not unlike Propositions, though confusedly and indistinctly. 1764Reid Inquiry vi. §22 (R.) When the object is removed beyond the farthest limit of distinct vision, it will be seen indistinctly. 1826Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) II. 78 Articulate more indistinctly than formerly. 1862Trollope Orley F. xiii. 105 The black unwelcome guest, the spectre of coming evil, had ever been present to her; but she had seen it indistinctly. 1863H. Cox Instit. iii. iv. 639 Their earliest constitution and functions are..very indistinctly traceable. |