Deficiently and Ideally

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Deficiently adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.

Usage example: the road to the mountain lodge is so deficiently marked that we had a terrible time finding it

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Ideally is an antonym for deficiently.

Nearby Words: deficient, deficiency

Ideally adverb - Without any flaws or errors.

Usage example: an ideally executed routine on the parallel bars that earned him perfect scores from the judges

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Deficiently is an antonym for ideally.

Nearby Words: ideal, idealistic

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