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Definition of Cogently
1. adv. In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincingly; conclusively.
Definition of Cogently
1. Adverb. In a cogent manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cogently
1. cogent [adv] - See also: cogent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cogently
Literary usage of Cogently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"To act, and act cogently in that last direction, had, after the recent engagement,
become a measure now en- more clearly within the power of Lord Raglan ..."
2. Speech on the Slavery Resolutions: Delivered in the General Assembly which by Joseph Clay Stiles (1850)
"... menacing more than ever the rupture of Church and State, permit me to express
my strong conviction that he argues most cogently who argues most kindly. ..."
3. Argumentation and Debating by William Trufant Foster (1917)
"He is helped if they reason cogently on the question, — not because they are
authorities, but because they reason cogently. In legal proof the testimony of ..."
4. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1898)
"The first theory, namely, that Peel of Hays county warn induced by appellant to
sign the name of Peel of Montgomery county to the bond, is most cogently ..."
5. Alpines and Bog-plants by Reginald John Farrer (1908)
"... but I personally happen to have that prejudice against annuals or confessed
biennials—my dazzling exceptions being only species that are too cogently ..."
6. Murray's English Grammar: Revised, Simplified, and Adapted to the Inductive by Lindley Murray (1832)
"How does he reason, cogently, &c. 7. PREPOSITIONS serve to connect words, and to
show the relation hetween them; as, he went from Buffalo to Black-rock, ..."
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