dilettantly

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1. alternativeAlternative form of dilettantely.

   […]they have been arbitrarily created (and dilettantly[…]

   1999, Temas, page 85

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   It was a foolhardy, ill-conceived, dilettantly prepared defensive; it was a typical adventure.

   1946, M. N. Roy, “The Communist Party”, in Revolution And Counter-Revolution in China, Calcutta: Renaissance Publishers, page 562

   Revenge is taken for the activities of snipers; one starts shooting at all those who flee and all those who appear “suspicious”, one tries to obtain information by dilettantly executed pressure on the population.

   1975, Jacques van Doorn, The Soldier and Social Change: Comparative Studies in the History and Sociology of the Military, Beverly Hills; London: SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 156

   Thus, with the help of computer technology the mathematical thinking in models experiences an unexpected renaissance what is proved by the large number of software packages - that are however quite often used dilettantly.

   1996, Society and Economy in Central and Eastern Europe, page 217

   In the first issue, the ‘Club’ consisted of a group of writers who in their spare time amused themselves dilettantly by having random conversations around a table.

   2014, Teresa Pinto Coelho, translated by Vanessa Boutefeu, Eça de Queirós and the Victorian Press, Tamesis, →ISBN, page 160