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inferiorly, adv.|ɪnˈfɪərɪəlɪ|
[f. inferior a. + -ly2.]
In an inferior position or degree.
1. In a lower position; further down; below, beneath; on the lower part or side.
1556J. Heywood Spider & F. lxxxviii. 110 Spiders are plaste a boue superiorlie, And flies beneth them plaste inferiorlie. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 16 b/2 A little stone-drawer, superiorly hollowe..and inferiorlye like vnto a hoocke. 1841T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. 664 Inferiorly, each plate of whalebone is terminated by a broad fringe of horny fibres resembling hair. 1885H. O. Forbes Natur. Wander. 369 Bordered inferiorly by a light band.
2. In a lower degree, subordinately; to a less extent; with a low degree of excellence, comparatively badly, poorly.
1605Verstegan Dec. Intell. x. (1628) 320 More inferiorly it is a deputy or officer vnder some noble man. 1838J. Martin Rem., Ess. iv. 316 Born partly, or, if you will, say chiefly, by God, but partly also, however inferiorly, by man. 1873Browning Red Cott. Nt.-cap iv. 762 Artist-preference For work complete, inferiorly proposed, To incompletion, though it aim aright. |