1.
[syn: ineptly, fecklessly]
2. in an infelicitous manner;
- Example: "this function is ineptly left to a small voice"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ineptly \In*ept"ly\, adv.
Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly.
[1913 Webster]
None of them are made foolishly or ineptly. --Dr. H.
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[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ineptly
adv 1: with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner; "he performed
his functions ineptly" [syn: ineptly, fecklessly]
2: in an infelicitous manner; "this function is ineptly left to
a small voice"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "ineptly":
impolitically, impoliticly, inadeptly, inadequately, inadvisably,
inappropriately, inaptly, incapably, incompetently, incongruously,
inefficiently, inexpediently, inexpertly, infelicitously,
inopportunely, poorly, unaptly, undeftly, undesirably,
undexterously, unfacilely, unfitly, unfittingly, unfortunately,
unhappily, unproficiently, unseasonably, unskillfully,
unsuitably