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English
Etymology
imperfect + -ly
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imperfectly (comparative more imperfectly, superlative most imperfectly)
- In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely.
1840 May 5, Thomas Carlyle, “Lecture I. The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology.”, in On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History, London: Chapman and Hall, , published 1840, →OCLC, page 2:We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him.
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