imperfectly

adv

Etymology: From imperfect + -ly or im- + perfectly.

1. In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely.

   “We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him.”

   “Mrs. PAGE is gifted with a pleasing voice, which is yet imperfectly weeded of certain sharpnesses, but seems susceptible of a wide range of melodious inflection.”