inadequately
advEtymology From inadequate + -ly.
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In an inadequate manner.
- Open carriages tend to be draughty and inadequately heated. The passenger in them has no escape from the annoyance of squalling babies, boisterous drunks, and riotous teddy-boys, who may be at the far end of the coach but whose din cannot be shut out.1959 February 23, “Letters to the Editor: Open-Type Coaches on B.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 135:
- Antonyms
- adequately