imperfectly
advEtymology From imperfect + -ly or im- + perfectly.
1
In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely.
- We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him.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:
- Mrs. PAGE is gifted with a pleasing voice, which is yet imperfectly weeded of certain sharpnesses, but seems susceptible of a wide range of melodious inflection.1861 June 14, “Amusements.”, in The New York Times:
- Antonyms
- perfectly