adverb
- In a crude and unskilled manner.
- usage: "an inexpertly constructed lean-to"
- synonyms: crudely, inexpertly
- In an ingenuous manner.
- usage: "she answered the judge's questions artlessly"
- synonyms: ingenuously
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