ineptly

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ineptly - 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.
                                                    More.
     [1913 Webster]

ineptly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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"

ineptly - 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