imperfectly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]imperfectly (comparative more imperfectly, superlative most imperfectly)
- In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely.
- 1840 May 5, Thomas Carlyle, “Lecture I. The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology.”, in On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1840, →OCLC, page 2:
- We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him.
Antonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]in an imperfect manner
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References
[edit]- “imperfectly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.