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inartfully

inartfully adverb: in an inartful manner.

Adverb

inartfully (comparative more inartfully, superlative most inartfully)

  1. 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

Forms of inartfully

comparativemore inartfully
superlativemost inartfully

Origin of inartfully

From inartful + -ly.

Questions about inartfully

What does inartfully mean?
Inartfully means in an inartful manner.
What part of speech is inartfully?
Inartfully is an adverb.

Words near inartfully in the dictionary

  1. inari
  2. Inari Sami
  3. inarizushi
  4. inarm
  5. inartful
  6. inartfully
  7. inartfulness
  8. inarticulability
  9. inarticulable
  10. inarticulacies
  11. inarticulacy

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