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ble of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires, ambition. A strength and obduracy of character incompatible with his meek and innocent nature. Southey.

In an competent manner; inadequately; unsuitably.

In an inconvenient manner; incommodiously; unsuitably; unseasonably.

To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably. [Obs.] "News indifferent good." Shak.

stinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably. That they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of thy true religion, and virtue. Book of Com. Prayer [Eng. Ed. ] Set honor in one eye and de…

In an inseparable manner; inseparably; incommunicably; indivisibly; as, individuallyhe same. [Omniscience], an attribute individually proper to the Godhead. Hakewill.

member of a race forming the chief pre-Malay population of the Malay Archipelago, and probably sprung from a mixture of Polynesian and Mongoloid immigrants. According to Keane, the autochthonous Negritos were largely expelled by the Caucasian Polynesians, themselves followed by Mongoloid peoples of Indo-Chinese affinit…

In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably. Dryden.

Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly. None of them are made foolishly or ineptly. Dr. H. More.

In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably. Spectator.

t of mankind are amazing; but the infatuations of the learned and sophistical are incomparably more so. I. Taylor. Such is the infatuation of self-love. Blair.

Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and goodness of God; -- opposed to finite. Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite. Ps. cxlvii. 5. O God, how infinite thou art! I. Watts.…

In an inglorious manner; dishonorably; with shame; ignominiously; obscurely.

Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; as, polarity is an inherent quality of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty, and protection. "A most inherent baseness." Shak. The sore disease which seems inherent in civilization. Sout…

By inherence; inseparably. Matter hath inherently and essentially such an internal energy. Bentley.

Not opportunely; unseasonably; inconveniently.

Insatiably. Sir T. Herbert.

Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-.

Inseparably. [Obs.] Cranmer.

in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place. She installed her guest hospitably by the fireside. Sir W. Scott.