Inadequately

adv

adv ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an inadequate manner.

    "Open carriages tend to be draughty and inadequately heated. The passenger in them has no escape from the annoyance of squalling babies, boisterous drunks, and riotous teddy-boys, who may be at the far end of the coach but whose din cannot be shut out."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree wordnet

Synonyms

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badlyby halvesdefectivelydeficientlydissatisfactorilyfaultily

Example

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"Japanese literature, in spite of its beauty and riches, is as yet inadequately known in the West."

Etymology

From inadequate + -ly.

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