Ill-advisedly

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In an ill-advised manner.

    "Then somebody told him that much nearer Dublin was a seaport whence he could sooner and cheaplier embark for Italy, and in ill-advisedly trying to reach Queenstown he did indeed go helplessly astray."

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inadvisedlyunadvisedlyunwisely

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"Then somebody told him that much nearer Dublin was a seaport whence he could sooner and cheaplier embark for Italy, and in ill-advisedly trying to reach Queenstown he did indeed go helplessly astray."

Etymology

From ill-advised + -ly.

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