Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (2)
1.
with ineptitude;
in an incompetent manner;
- Example: "he performed his functions ineptly"[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"