| 释义 |
cogently, adv.|ˈkəʊdʒəntlɪ|
[f. prec- + -ly.]
In a cogent manner; forcibly, convincingly.
1646J. Whitaker Uzziah 4 Not cogently conclusive. a1797H. Walpole Mem. Geo. III (1845) I. iv. 53 His thanks to the House..were shortly, but cogently, expressed. 1838Sir W. Hamilton in Reid's Wks. I. 126/2 note, That the notion of space is a necessary condition of thought..has been cogently demonstrated by Kant.
b. Rarely said of force applied to matter.
1849Murchison Siluria ii. 34 Had not the rocks..been cogently affected. |