Meanings
adverbinartfully (comparative more inartfully, superlative most inartfully)
comparative more inartfully · superlative most inartfully
- In an inartful manner.
Finally, he got a chance to remind her of the time back in 1992 when she dissed the homemakers of America by saying, rather inartfully, that she preferred legal work to baking and serving tea.
2008 April 17, Gail Collins, “Battle of the Baggage”, in New York Times
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APA
inartfully. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inartfully
MLA
“inartfully.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inartfully. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inartfully,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inartfully.
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