imperfectly
/ɪmˈpəːfɪktli
/adverb
In a flawed or incomplete way: MPs represent, however imperfectly, the democratic will of their electors the disease was imperfectly understood at the time...
- Historically, labor unions have worked (however imperfectly) toward such a vision.
- The international institutions in general work very imperfectly.
- In the United States, the candidate would be flanked by a wall of myrmidons with imperfectly concealed shoulder holsters.
- uptight
- uptime
- up to
- up to a point
- up to date
- up to eleven
- up to mud
- up to no good
- up to one's armpits
- up to one's ears in
- up to one's elbows in
- up to one's neck in
- up to one's (old) tricks
- up top
- up to par
- up to putty
- up to scratch
- up to snuff
- up to speed
- (up) to the hilt
- up to the mark
- up to the minute
- up to the (or one's) eyeballs
- up to the (or one's) eyes (in)
- uptown