ineptlyadv.

Brit.

/ɪˈnɛptli/, U.S.

/ᵻˈnɛptli/

Etymology: < inept adj. + -ly suffix².

In an inept manner; unfitly, unsuitably; foolishly. (The first example (which comes second-hand from Brian Twyne's transcript c1620–24) may be an isolated occurrence after Latin inepte, French ineptement, 1380 in Godefroy.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adverb]

unwiselyc897

dizzilyc1175

folly?c1225

canglichec1230

mazedlya1250

follilyc1330

unskilfully1340

unwittily1362

lewdlyc1380

nicelya1387

fondlya1450

nicea1450

foolishlyc1450

foliously1481

ineptly1523

peevishly?1529

simply1535

insipiently1536

senselessly1561

fonly1579

sillilyc1598

perperously1657

insipidly1699

daftly1724

silly1731

stupid?1757

dawkinly1763

fool-like1800

unsagely1801

spoonily1861

assishly1863

ill-advisedly1879

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adverb]

wrongc1175

unkindlyc1300

wrongly1303

unworthily1377

uncovenablya1382

improperly1390

inconveniently1509

ineptly1523

impertinently1546

unaptly1548

unfeatly1548

unhandsomely1548

unfitly1561

disagreeably1566

unmeet1577

unsuitably1624

malapropos1630

unfittingly1637

unfit1653

unworthy1661

inaptly1809

misappropriatelyc1831

infelicitouslya1834

ineligibly1846

inappropriately1847

inapplicably1864

unapropos1956

1523 King Henry VIII Let. to Bayliffe of Oxf. 18 Oct. (Twyne MSS. XIII. 259) All common welth there is ineptly permytted to fall into extreme ruyne and decay.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ineptement, ineptly, vnaptly.

1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke i. vii. 54 Ineptly and injuriously may the illusion of fancy..be made snares for the innocent.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. x. 34 Though it be done never so ineptly and foolishly.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 171 The Crystalline Humor of the Eye..which they [sc. the Peripatetics] ineptly fansied to be the immediate Organ of Vision.

1886 H. D. Traill Shaftesbury (1888) 89 A subtle note of ironical compassion, as of a rat who was leaving the sinking ship, for a rat who has ineptly selected the same moment for joining it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ineptly
释义	ineptlyadv. Brit. /ɪˈnɛptli/, U.S. /ᵻˈnɛptli/ Etymology: < inept adj. + -ly suffix². In an inept manner; unfitly, unsuitably; foolishly. (The first example (which comes second-hand from Brian Twyne's transcript c1620–24) may be an isolated occurrence after Latin inepte, French ineptement, 1380 in Godefroy.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adverb] unwiselyc897 dizzilyc1175 folly?c1225 canglichec1230 mazedlya1250 follilyc1330 unskilfully1340 unwittily1362 lewdlyc1380 nicelya1387 fondlya1450 nicea1450 foolishlyc1450 foliously1481 ineptly1523 peevishly?1529 simply1535 insipiently1536 senselessly1561 fonly1579 sillilyc1598 perperously1657 insipidly1699 daftly1724 silly1731 stupid?1757 dawkinly1763 fool-like1800 unsagely1801 spoonily1861 assishly1863 ill-advisedly1879 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adverb] wrongc1175 unkindlyc1300 wrongly1303 unworthily1377 uncovenablya1382 improperly1390 inconveniently1509 ineptly1523 impertinently1546 unaptly1548 unfeatly1548 unhandsomely1548 unfitly1561 disagreeably1566 unmeet1577 unsuitably1624 malapropos1630 unfittingly1637 unfit1653 unworthy1661 inaptly1809 misappropriatelyc1831 infelicitouslya1834 ineligibly1846 inappropriately1847 inapplicably1864 unapropos1956 1523 King Henry VIII Let. to Bayliffe of Oxf. 18 Oct. (Twyne MSS. XIII. 259) All common welth there is ineptly permytted to fall into extreme ruyne and decay. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ineptement, ineptly, vnaptly. 1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke i. vii. 54 Ineptly and injuriously may the illusion of fancy..be made snares for the innocent. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. x. 34 Though it be done never so ineptly and foolishly. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 171 The Crystalline Humor of the Eye..which they [sc. the Peripatetics] ineptly fansied to be the immediate Organ of Vision. 1886 H. D. Traill Shaftesbury (1888) 89 A subtle note of ironical compassion, as of a rat who was leaving the sinking ship, for a rat who has ineptly selected the same moment for joining it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1523
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