a. Not continent; incontinent. Wyclif (2 Tim. iii. 3). [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. incontinens: cf. F. incontinent. See In- not, and Continent. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who is unchaste. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ Cf. F. incontinent. ] Incontinently; instantly; immediately. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
He says he will return incontinent. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
Immediately he sent word to Athens that he would incontinently come hither with a host of men. Golding. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. incontinens: cf. F. incontinent. See In- not, and Continent. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who is unchaste. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ Cf. F. incontinent. ] Incontinently; instantly; immediately. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
He says he will return incontinent. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
Immediately he sent word to Athens that he would incontinently come hither with a host of men. Golding. [ 1913 Webster ]