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imperfectly, adv.|ɪmˈpɜːfɪktlɪ|
[f. imperfect a. + -ly2.]
1. In an imperfect manner or degree; incompletely, defectively.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. x. 464 Souteres and shepherdes..passen..In-to þe blisse of paradys, for her pure byleue, þat inparfitly here knewe and eke lyued. 1563W. Fulke Meteors (1640) 1 b, Bodies perfectly and imperfectly mixed..They are called imperfectly mixed, because they are very soone changed into another thing..as snow into water. 1701Norris Ideal World i. v. 247 They imitate his [God's] perfection imperfectly. 1797T. Bewick Brit. Birds (1847) I. 214 Its minute history is imperfectly known. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain i. 66 When the traveller speaks the language imperfectly.
†2. Gram. (See imperfect a. 5.) Obs. rare.
1530Palsgr. Introd. 32 Thre dyvers tymes, imparfytly past, indiffynitly past, and more than parfytly past. |