inferiorly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inferiorly
Adverb
  • Strained by industrial and agricultural demand and mismanagement, and insufficiently replenished by rainfall and snow melt, three-quarters of the world's population now live in areas where the water is drying up beneath our feet.
    Kelly Parsons, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • But the city at first only confirmed that the building owner had complied with the ordinance in an insufficiently official email, Meister said.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Tesla critics say that the stock has become grossly overvalued because of Wall Street’s willingness to buy into Musk’s vision of the future in terms of AI, self-driving vehicles and robots, despite its failures to deliver on past promises along those lines.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • While healthcare broadly has grossly underperformed the market (about 40% to the S&P 500’s doubling) in that time, BMY has been even worse, sitting on about 25% in red ink on a price basis, and a 10% loss even with dividends included.
    Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Fraser hopes against hope that this whole debacle will increase their tip, however meagerly.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Video footage from the day shows Beau, 4, pacing the hallway and sitting miserably after his little brother said goodbye to him before going to school.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
  • For many, this summer has felt like one of the most miserably hot in recent memory.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Maps show the location of the crash is sparely populated and the two-lane road has no street lighting.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • The younger Chávez has battled drug addiction for much of his boxing career, failing drug tests, serving suspensions and egregiously missing weight while being widely criticized for his intermittent dedication to the sport.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Kardashian was in court to share new details from a horrific assault in the name of seeking justice; to comment meanly on her outfit would have been a weird move.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
  • At Artnet, Walter assembled a motley crew of writers, including the unstoppable Charlie Finch, who would meanly attack everyone.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Inferiorly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inferiorly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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