inadeptly

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adverb

In an inadept manner.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English inadept →
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Meanings

adverbinadeptly (comparative more inadeptly, superlative most inadeptly)

comparative more inadeptly · superlative most inadeptly

  1. In an inadept manner.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  12. Proto-Italic*apjō
  13. Latinapiō
  14. Latinapīscor
  15. Latinadipīscor
  16. Latinadeptu
  17. Frenchadepte
  18. Englishadept
  19. Englishinadept
  20. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  21. Proto-Germanic*līką
  22. Englishinadeptly

From inadept + -ly.

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APA

inadeptly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inadeptly

MLA

“inadeptly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inadeptly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inadeptly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inadeptly.

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