Meaning

1 senses
  1. In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely.

More definitions
  • in an imperfect or faulty way

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Though imperfectly, he finished writing his manuscript.

  2. You may as well not do it at all than do it imperfectly.

    ruМожно вообще этого не делать, чем делать неидеально. — Ooneykcall

    deStatt es mangelhaft zu tun, kann man es auch gleich bleiben lassen. — Hans_Adler

  3. I'd rather not have those written by people who only know their work imperfectly.

  4. One may as well not know a thing at all, as know it but imperfectly.

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  5. Love loves imperfectly.

Translations

4 languages

Origin

From imperfect + -ly or im- + perfectly.

From imperfect + -ly or im- + perfectly.

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Forms

more imperfectly, most imperfectly
Comparativemore imperfectly Lesson
Superlativemost imperfectly

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • in an imperfect or faulty way:amiss

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedimperfect

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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