incontinently
/ɪnˈkɑntɪnəntli/
adverb
- In a way that shows lack of control over the release of urine or feces.
- After the injury, he would sometimes cough and leak incontinently.
- The elderly dog began to urinate incontinently on the floor.
- The medication helped the patient stop leaking incontinently.
- In a way that shows lack of self-control or restraint.
- She laughed incontinently at the joke, unable to stop herself.
- The child cried incontinently when his toy broke.
- He spent money incontinently, buying things he didn't need.
- Immediately or without delay (archaic but still encountered in some formal writing).
- Upon hearing the news, she incontinently set out for home.
- The knight incontinently drew his sword and charged.
- The king commanded that the traitor be incontinently executed.
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