Link Centre Dictionary

defectively

de·fec·ti·vely

UK/dɪˈfɛktɪvli/ uncommon

adverb

1.

in a defective manner

  • “this machine functions only defectively”

Origin

From defective + -ly.

Related words

Pertaining to

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.