defectively adjective
de·fec·tive
The adjective form of defectively is defective
D dDefinitions
- adjective defectively having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine. 1
- adjective defectively Psychology. characterized by subnormal intelligence or behavior. 1
- adjective defectively Grammar. (of an inflected word or its inflection) lacking one or more of the inflected forms proper to most words of the same class in the language, as English must, which occurs only in the present tense. 1