inadequately
English
Etymology
From inadequate + -ly.
Adverb
inadequately (comparative more inadequately, superlative most inadequately)
- In an inadequate manner.
- 1959 February, “Letters to the Editor: Open-Type Coaches on B.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 135:
- 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.
Antonyms
Translations
in an inadequate manner
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