Infelicitously

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate

    "By turns absorbing, confounding, exhausting and altogether stranger and more rib-ticklingly funny than most fiction, Craig Baldwin's infelicitously titled and cacophonous provocation, "Mock Up on Mu," comes close to defying categorization."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an infelicitous manner wordnet

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ineptlyunfortunately

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"By turns absorbing, confounding, exhausting and altogether stranger and more rib-ticklingly funny than most fiction, Craig Baldwin's infelicitously titled and cacophonous provocation, "Mock Up on Mu," comes close to defying categorization."

Etymology

From infelicitous + -ly or in- + felicitously.

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