Inartfully

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an inartful manner.

    "Finally, he got a chance to remind her of the time back in 1992 when she dissed the homemakers of America by saying, rather inartfully, that she preferred legal work to baking and serving tea."

Example

More examples

"Finally, he got a chance to remind her of the time back in 1992 when she dissed the homemakers of America by saying, rather inartfully, that she preferred legal work to baking and serving tea."

Etymology

From inartful + -ly.

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