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inferiorly

inferiorly

7.4
In a way that is worse in quality or how well something works
  • adverb
  • /ɪnˈfɪəriərli/
translation icon : de manera inferior
  • The team performed inferiorly compared to their rivals in the championship match.

Examples

  • She performed inferiorly compared to her peers.

  • He felt that his work was judged inferiorly because of a lack of experience.

  • This software runs inferiorly on older computers, causing frequent delays.

  • Don't judge people inferiorly!

  • The team performed inferiorly compared to their rivals in the championship match.

  • This software runs inferiorly on older computers, causing frequent delays.

  • He felt that his work was judged inferiorly because of a lack of experience.

Synonyms

poorly
vsinferiorly
283 1.4

In a bad or unsuccessful way

also refers to being lower in quality rank or importance
insufficiently
vsinferiorly
9 4.7

In a way that is not enough to meet a need or standard

also covers being lower in quality rank or importance as well as not enough
inadequately
vsinferiorly
8 4.4

In a way that is not good enough

refers more broadly to lower status quality or importance not just insufficiency
mediocrely
vsinferiorly
1 4.9

In an average way, not very good or very bad

implies being lower in quality or value rather than merely average
suboptimally
vsinferiorly
6.8

In a way that does not work as well as possible

also covers lower quality rank or importance rather than only being below best
deficiently
vsinferiorly
6.0

In a way that does not have enough of what is needed

is broader, applying to being lower in quality rank or importance too

Antonyms

In a better and more effective way

How Well

well
1.0
adequately
83 3.0
inferiorly
7.4
badly
283 1.0
abysmally
4 7.0

Surface Forms

inferiorly positive

Morphology

inferiorly = inferior (transparent) = inferior + ly

The adverbial '-ly' turns the adjective 'inferior' (lower in quality/rank) into an adverb; the evaluative sense is directly derived.

Etymology

Inferiorly comes from the Latin inferus 'below' and the word inferior, which means 'lower'. So to do something inferiorly is to do it in a 'lower' way, for example in quality, rank, or ability.