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inadequately en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English inadequate Middle English -ly English -ly English inadequately From inadequate + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an inadequate manner.
   • Open carriages tend to be draughty and inadequately heated. The passenger in them has no escape from the annoyance of squalling babies, boisterous drunks, and riotous teddy-boys, who may be at the far end of the coach but whose din cannot be shut out. 1959 February 14, “Letters to the Editor: Open-Type Coaches on B.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 135:

Forms

Antonyms

adequately

Translations (12)

pl nieadekwatnie (in an inadequate manner) · pt inadequadamente (in an inadequate manner) · it inadeguatamente (in an inadequate manner) · es inadecuadamente (in an inadequate manner) · ka არაადეკვატურად (in an inadequate manner) · ca inadequadament (in an inadequate manner) · ka არასაკმარისად (in an inadequate manner) · ka შეუსაბამოდ (in an inadequate manner) · ka შეუფერებლად (in an inadequate manner) · pl niedostatecznie (in an inadequate manner) · gl inadecuadamente (in an inadequate manner) · fr insuffisamment (in an inadequate manner)