imperfectlyadv.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpəːfᵻktli/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpərfək(t)li/

Forms: see imperfect adj. and n. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: imperfect adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < imperfect adj. + -ly suffix², after perfectly adv.Compare classical Latin imperfectē faultily (2nd cent. a.d. in Aulus Gellius), Middle French, French imparfaitement (late 14th cent.).

In an imperfect manner or to an imperfect extent or degree; incompletely; in a flawed or defective way.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [adverb]

halfling?c1200

a-party1340

uncompletelyc1380

imperfectlyc1400

parcel1415

party1440

unfullyc1449

parcel-likea1475

partiallya1475

halflyc1480

a part1481

parta1500

parcelly gilt1509

diminutely1521

partly1523

partlings1564

portionally1617

incompletely1651

informedly1670

fragmentally1814

fragmentarily1856

part-way1954

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adverb]

unperfectlya1398

imperfectlyc1400

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. l. 464 Souteres and shep[h]erdes..passen..In-to þe blisse of paradys, for her pure byleue, Þat inparfitly here knewe and eke lyued.

a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 52 (MED) Sche miȝt not boþe serue God in bodely besines & goostly to-gedir..inparfitely sche may, bot not parfitely.

a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) ii. f. 47^v We beleue vnperfectly we loue vnperfectly, we suffer vnperfectly.., & so al thinges that we do ar done imperfectly.

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors i. f. 1^v Bodies perfectly & imperfectly mixed..They are called vnperfectly mixed, because they are very sone chaunged into another thing..as snowe into water.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 154 One that so imperfectly coniects [1623 conceits].

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vi. 295 This they terme mythicon or fabulous, because the account thereof..is fabulously or imperfectly delivered.

1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. v. 247 They imitate his [sc. God's] perfection imperfectly.

1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 247 Its history is imperfectly known.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 66 When the traveller speaks the language imperfectly.

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. viii. 170 Kitty only imperfectly grasped the rudiments of the science.

1932 Discovery Sept. 305/1 The small juglets were commonly made in two halves and imperfectly joined together, though no mark was visible on the outer surface.

1968 S. T. Warner in New Yorker 17 Feb. 30/3 It occurred to Mr. Edom that George might be going a little deaf; he seemed to be straining his ears all the time as though he heard imperfectly.

2010 Mercury (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 15 Mar. 7 Democracy, although imperfectly and embryonically, has taken root in the native soil of South Africa.

Compounds

† imperfectly past adj. Grammar Obsolete (of a tense) expressing action in progress but not completed at the time in the past referred to; = past imperfect adj. and n. (a) at past adj. and n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > aspect > [adverb] > other spec.

imperfectly past1530

duratively1921

ingressively1921

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 32 Thre dyvers tymes, imparfytly past, indiffynitly past, and more than parfytly past.

1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation i. 2/1 The Præterit is also Threefold, Imperfect or Imperfectly past (as the Vulgar Introduction to the Latin Grammar phraseth it) Perfect or perfectly past, and Plusquam perfect, or more than Perfectly past.

1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. xvii. 144 This Time is called the Preter-imperfect Time, or the Time imperfectly past.

1835 L. Alexander Young Lady & Gentleman's Guide Gram. 58 Irregular verbs are such as do not form their imperfectly past time, and the participle past, by the addition of ed to the verb.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	imperfectly
释义	imperfectlyadv. Brit. /ɪmˈpəːfᵻktli/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpərfək(t)li/ Forms: see imperfect adj. and n. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: imperfect adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < imperfect adj. + -ly suffix², after perfectly adv.Compare classical Latin imperfectē faultily (2nd cent. a.d. in Aulus Gellius), Middle French, French imparfaitement (late 14th cent.). In an imperfect manner or to an imperfect extent or degree; incompletely; in a flawed or defective way. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [adverb] halfling?c1200 a-party1340 uncompletelyc1380 imperfectlyc1400 parcel1415 party1440 unfullyc1449 parcel-likea1475 partiallya1475 halflyc1480 a part1481 parta1500 parcelly gilt1509 diminutely1521 partly1523 partlings1564 portionally1617 incompletely1651 informedly1670 fragmentally1814 fragmentarily1856 part-way1954 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adverb] unperfectlya1398 imperfectlyc1400 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. l. 464 Souteres and shep[h]erdes..passen..In-to þe blisse of paradys, for her pure byleue, Þat inparfitly here knewe and eke lyued. a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 52 (MED) Sche miȝt not boþe serue God in bodely besines & goostly to-gedir..inparfitely sche may, bot not parfitely. a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) ii. f. 47^v We beleue vnperfectly we loue vnperfectly, we suffer vnperfectly.., & so al thinges that we do ar done imperfectly. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors i. f. 1^v Bodies perfectly & imperfectly mixed..They are called vnperfectly mixed, because they are very sone chaunged into another thing..as snowe into water. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 154 One that so imperfectly coniects [1623 conceits]. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vi. 295 This they terme mythicon or fabulous, because the account thereof..is fabulously or imperfectly delivered. 1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. v. 247 They imitate his [sc. God's] perfection imperfectly. 1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 247 Its history is imperfectly known. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 66 When the traveller speaks the language imperfectly. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. viii. 170 Kitty only imperfectly grasped the rudiments of the science. 1932 Discovery Sept. 305/1 The small juglets were commonly made in two halves and imperfectly joined together, though no mark was visible on the outer surface. 1968 S. T. Warner in New Yorker 17 Feb. 30/3 It occurred to Mr. Edom that George might be going a little deaf; he seemed to be straining his ears all the time as though he heard imperfectly. 2010 Mercury (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 15 Mar. 7 Democracy, although imperfectly and embryonically, has taken root in the native soil of South Africa. Compounds † imperfectly past adj. Grammar Obsolete (of a tense) expressing action in progress but not completed at the time in the past referred to; = past imperfect adj. and n. (a) at past adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > aspect > [adverb] > other spec. imperfectly past1530 duratively1921 ingressively1921 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 32 Thre dyvers tymes, imparfytly past, indiffynitly past, and more than parfytly past. 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation i. 2/1 The Præterit is also Threefold, Imperfect or Imperfectly past (as the Vulgar Introduction to the Latin Grammar phraseth it) Perfect or perfectly past, and Plusquam perfect, or more than Perfectly past. 1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. xvii. 144 This Time is called the Preter-imperfect Time, or the Time imperfectly past. 1835 L. Alexander Young Lady & Gentleman's Guide Gram. 58 Irregular verbs are such as do not form their imperfectly past time, and the participle past, by the addition of ed to the verb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1400
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