inartfully

English

Etymology

From inartful +‎ -ly.

Adverb

inartfully (comparative more inartfully, superlative most inartfully)

  1. In an inartful manner.
    • 2008 April 17, Gail Collins, “Battle of the Baggage”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Finally, he got a chance to remind her of the time back in 1992 when she dissed the homemakers of America by saying, rather inartfully, that she preferred legal work to baking and serving tea.
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