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imperfectly

adv

Etymology

From imperfect + -ly or im- + perfectly.

  1. derived from imperfectus
  2. derived from imparfit
  3. inherited from imperfit
  4. formed as imperfectly — “imperfect + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In an imperfect manner or degree

    In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely.

    • We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him.
    • Mrs. PAGE is gifted with a pleasing voice, which is yet imperfectly weeded of certain sharpnesses, but seems susceptible of a wide range of melodious inflection.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at imperfectly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at imperfectly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at imperfectly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA