unskillfully

Examples

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• I wonder how many of them were geeks who had no social skills trying (poorly and unskillfully) to "attract" a female by moronic means.

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• The artist painted unskillfully, making the landscape look awkward and unnatural.

• Then we tell the truth, either intentionally, accidentally, skillfully, unskillfully, and then we go into the tunnel of chaos.

• I think, looking back, that I wanted to write serious literature because I wanted to move from writing at the children's table (unskillfully) to the adult table (skillfully).

  Blog text (16)

• In the entrance hall stood the larger figures of the Greco-Buddhist sculptures done, savants know how long since, by forgotten workmen whose hands were feeling, and not unskillfully, for the mysteriously transmitted Grecian touch.

  Academic text (1990)

• He attempted to assemble the furniture unskillfully, leaving several parts loose and unstable.

Synonyms

C

clumsily

vsunskillfully

12 2.8

In an awkward way that shows little skill or control

refers to lacking skill generally, not only poor coordination

U

unprofessionally

vsunskillfully

2 4.6

In a way that lacks the skill or care expected at work

means lack of ability more generally, not only breaking professional standards

I

incompetently

vsunskillfully

2 4.2

In a way that shows little skill or ability

is the same lack of skill but more neutral in tone

I

ineptly

vsunskillfully

1 5.5

In a clumsy way that shows little skill

is general lack of skill without stressing clumsiness

I

inexpertly

vsunskillfully

1 6.6

In a way that shows little skill or experience

is broader, meaning lack of skill or ability without mentioning experience

U

unartfully

vsunskillfully

8.7

In a clumsy way that shows poor skill

is broader, applying to general lack of ability not artistry

A

artlessly

vsunskillfully

7.4

In a clumsy way that shows little skill

focuses on plain lack of skill rather than crude style

R

rustily

vsunskillfully

6.8

In an awkward way after not practicing for a long time

describes lacking skill regardless of past practice or temporary loss

Antonyms

S

skillfully

22 3.2

To do something very well because you have practice and control

How Skillfully

expertly

19 3.4

skillfully

22 3.2

competently

8 3.6

unskillfully

4.0

clumsily

12 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology