单词 | inadequately |
释义 | inadequatelyadv. In an inadequate manner or degree; insufficiently. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adverb] > inadequately poorlyc1230 unsatisfactorily1657 inadequatelya1691 a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 684 These pores they may either exactly fill, or but inadequately. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vi. 230 Signs often can be no more than inadequately expressive of the things signified. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. ii. iii. 253 He..was very inadequately provided with supplies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adv.a1691 |
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