defectively
English
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- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɛktɪvli/
Adverb
defectively (comparative more defectively, superlative most defectively)
- In a defective manner.
- Some verbs defectively lacks a first-person singular form
- 1877, Hugo Ziemssen, Albert Henry Buck, George Livingston Peabody, Cyclopædia of the Practice of Medicine - Volume 14, page 613:
- Conversely a correct thought may be defectively expressed, but as soon as the formation of thoughts is disturbed it becomes a question of dyslogia and logopathy, or, as some would say, of logoneurosis, since every movement of thought takes place through the nerve-substance.
- 1981, Reports of Selected Cases Decided in Courts of the State of New York Other Than the court of Appeals and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, page 311:
- At issue in this case is whether plaintiff Maurice Uchitel may maintain a suit for breach of warranty on the part of seller F.R. Tripler and Company (Tripler), for the latter's sail to plaintiff of allegedly mistailored and defectively manufactured garments.