INEPTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ineptly mean? 

• INEPTLY (adverb)
  The adverb INEPTLY has 2 senses:

1. with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner

2. in an infelicitous manner

  Familiarity information: INEPTLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INEPTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With ineptitude; in an incompetent manner

Synonyms:

fecklessly; ineptly

Context example:

he performed his functions ineptly

Pertainym:

inept (generally incompetent and ineffectual)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In an infelicitous manner

Context example:

this function is ineptly left to a small voice

Pertainym:

inept (not elegant or graceful in expression)

 Context examples 

She had drunk a quantity of champagne and during the course of her song she had decided ineptly that everything was very very sad—she was not only singing, she was weeping too.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)