as in poorly
in an unsatisfactory way
the road to the mountain lodge is so deficiently marked that we had a terrible time finding it
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deficiently
Adverb
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That seems to bode poorly for stopping Saquon Barkley and the Eagles’ ground game.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026 -
Then came a reportedly pleasant but poorly timed interaction — one that now rests in Tepper and Panthers lore.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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How do the Chiefs fall behind that badly in any passing statistic when Patrick Mahomes is the quarterback throwing the football?—
Sam McDowell
January 9,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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The area was badly burned, but still Simpson noticed green sprouts peeking out of the ashy soil and from the branches of trees that the average passerby might assume were dead.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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And it’s been replaced by the grim reality that this team is one bad-looking MRI away from downright irrelevance.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
27 Nov. 2025
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Pull leftovers that still need to be eaten to the front, along with any foods that are going to go bad soon.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Nov. 2025
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“Deficiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deficiently. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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