Inadequately
adv
adv ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 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 in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree wordnet
Example
More examples"Japanese literature, in spite of its beauty and riches, is as yet inadequately known in the West."
Etymology
From inadequate + -ly.