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Meaning of INEPTLY

Pronunciation:  `in'eptlee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner; "he performed his functions ineptly"
  2. [adv]  in an infelicitous manner; "this function is ineptly left to a small voice"
 
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 Synonyms: fecklessly
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In*ept"ly\, adv.
Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly.
      None of them are made foolishly or ineptly. --Dr. H.
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 Related Terms: 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
 

 

 

 

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