Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not appropriately or suitably.
Wiktionary
- adv. in an inappropriate manner
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in an inappropriate manner
Etymologies
- inappropriate + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Now, this person, without attention to the meaning of ad hominem, thinks it appropriate to use the term inappropriately whenever appropriate criticism is leveled at the right.”
“Council member Phil Mendelson D-At Large said the public is not aware that the budget was structured in what he described as inappropriately under Fenty.”
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“Someone used your term inappropriately as you see it.”
“{lie, clearly I understand it better than you sir, I've even posted the definition for you above and below} thinks it appropriate to use the term inappropriately whenever appropriate criticism is leveled at the right.”
“It means he used the term inappropriately, possibly to mislead strong supporters of Israel that he supports something he doesn’t really believe.”
“Of these inquiries, the one that cost the most and drew the most attention was centered on whether Palin inappropriately fired the state's director of public safety.”
“Dr. CLAWSON: The fact that children are being treated for ADHD inappropriately is a really bad thing.”
“Which, not inappropriately, is almost the same as saying "Fuck me," except there's no apostrophe, and the "m" and the "e" are transposed.”
“I think "acting inappropriately" is their way of saying "grabbing the Mistress of Ceremonies's boob.”
“For one thing, it resembled a sloppy category romance more than a mystery, especially the way they throw themselves into one another's arms quite inappropriately from the outset, the dialogue was pretty clunky, not to mention the emotional responses to anything that happens, and in general the action and resolution was completely cliched.”
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