maladroitly

ADVERB

badly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awkwardly clumsily poorly

WEAK

abominably blunderingly carelessly crudely defectively erroneously faultily feebly haphazardly imperfectly incompetently ineffectively ineptly negligently shoddily stupidly unfavorably unfortunately unsatisfactorily unskillfully unsuccessfully weakly wrong wrongly

Antonyms

WEAK

adequately calmly little mildly morally

Example Sentences

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Maladroitly, he gave no direct reply, but answered the question by another.

From Aladdin of London or, Lodestar by Pemberton, Max, Sir