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ineptly

ineptly adverb: in an inept or incompetent manner.

Adverb

ineptly (comparative more ineptly, superlative most ineptly)

  1. In an inept or incompetent manner.
    • Quite possibly the worst aspect of this is the role of the train operating companies and their representative body, the ineptly named Rail Delivery Group (RDG). Ostensibly, the plan has come from them. In reality, this has been driven entirely by Government, which asked each train operator to draw...2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42

Forms of ineptly

comparativemore ineptly
superlativemost ineptly

Origin of ineptly

From inept + -ly.

Questions about ineptly

What does ineptly mean?
Ineptly means in an inept or incompetent manner.
What part of speech is ineptly?
Ineptly is an adverb.

Words near ineptly in the dictionary

  1. inept
  2. inepter
  3. ineptest
  4. ineptitude
  5. ineptitudes
  6. ineptly
  7. ineptness
  8. ineptnesses
  9. ineptocracies
  10. ineptocracy
  11. inequable

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