defectively, adv.
(dɪˈfɛktɪvlɪ)
[-ly2.]
In a defective manner; imperfectly, faultily.
| 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. Proem, Fabius Maximus is reprehended by Polybius for defectiuely writing the Punicke warres. 1653 Baxter Chr. Concord Pref. C ii, Because..the Duties..[are] so Defectively performed. 1818 Cruise Digest (ed. 2) IV. 274 To carry it into execution, though defectively made. a 1850 Rossetti Dante & Circ. i. (1874) 84 It seemed to me that I had spoken defectively. |