11 Letter Words for Imperfectly
imperfectly
9 Letter Words for Imperfectly
electrify, imperfect, percylite, perfectly, prefectly, pretimely
8 Letter Words for Imperfectly
celerity, creepily, fiercely, leimtype, perfecti, prefelic, telferic, temprely
7 Letter Words for Imperfectly
certify, cimeter, cretify, crimple, cymelet, cymrite, emperil, emptier, emptily, epicyte, erectly, ereptic, eyelift, feltier, femiter, fertile, fiercly, flytier, flytime, impetre, implete, lymiter, meltier, mercify, metrify, peitrel, perfect, perlite, petrify, peytrel, piercel, pilfery, plectre, precite, prefect, prefile, prelect, prelife, primely, pyretic, receipt, rectify, reflect, reimpel, reimply, remicle, reptile, reticle, tempery, tiercel, treeify, yperite
6 Letter Words for Imperfectly
ceiler, celery, celite, cepter, cerite, cermet, certie, certif, ceryle, cilery, clifty, clypei, creepy, crepey, creply, crimpy, ectype, eerily, elmier, eltime, emeril, emerit, emetic, empery, empire, empiry, epicly, epimer, eremic, etymic, etypic, eyepit, felter, fempty, ferity, ferlie, fierce, fierte, filmer, filmet, filter, filtre, firmly, fleecy, flemer, flemit, flirty, freely, freety, fremit, imperf, impery, leepit, lefter, lepric, liefer, lifter, limper, limpet, meetly, meiler, melter, merely, merice, metely, metier, metric, milter, mycele, myelic, myrtle, pecify, pecite, peerly, peirce, pelite, pelmet, pelter, peltry, pelyte, perfet, perite, permic, permit, pertly, petrel, petrie, picryl, piecer, pielet, pierce, pilfer, pilfre, precel, preife, prelim, premit, pretil, pricey, priefe, primly, pteric, pyelic, pyemic, pyrite, recept, recife, recipe, recite, reemit, refect, refelt, refile, refilm, reflet, relict, relief, relift, relime, remelt, repile, retile, retime, retype, rifely, rimple, ripely, ritely, telfer, temper, temple, tempre, tepefy, tercel, termly, tierce, tilery, tilyer, timely, tipree, trefle, tremie, tricep, trifle, trifly, trimly, tripel, tripey, triple, triply, typier, yclept, yelmer, yelper
5 Letter Words for Imperfectly
ceile, certy, ceryl, cetyl, citee, citer, cleep, cleft, clepe, clept, clift, clime, clipe, clite, clyer, clype, creel, creem, creep, creme, crepe, crept, crepy, crete, criey, crile, crime, crimp, cripe, crypt, cypre, eimer, elect, elemi, elfic, elite, elmer, emery, emile, emily, empty, erect, erept, ermit, fecit, feely, felty, femic, ferie, ferly, ferme, fermi, feyer, fiere, fiery, filer, filet, filmy, fitly, flect, fleer, fleet, fleme, flier, flimp, flipe, flirt, flite, flrie, flype, flyte, freet, freit, fremt, ifree, impel, imper, imply, itemy, leery, lefte, lefty, leper, lepre, lepry, leyte, licet, lifer, lifey, limer, limey, limpy, liter, lycee, lyric, lytic, meile, melic, melty, merce, merci, mercy, merel, meril, merit, merle, metel, meter, metic, metif, mifty, miler, milty, mirly, miter, mpret, mtier, peert, peery, perce, peril, perit, perle, perty, peter, petre, petri, picry, piece, piert, piety, piler, pilmy, plier, plyer, preif, premy, price, prief, prime, primy, pylic, pyric, recip, recit, recpt, recti, reefy, refel, refit, refly, reice, reify, relet, relic, relie, remet, remit, repel, repic, reply, retem, retie, retip, ricey, rifle, rifte, rifty, riley, telic, tempe, terce, terfe, ticer, tiler, timer, tiple, treey, treif, trice, tripe, tripl, tripy, tyler, typer, typic, yfere, yipee
4 Letter Words for Imperfectly
ceil, cele, celt, cepe, cere, cert, cete, ceti, ciel, cire, cirl, cite, city, clee, clef, clem, clep, clip, clit, crim, crip, crit, crpe, ctrl, cyme, cyte, eely, eire, eiry, elec, elem, elmy, emer, emic, emir, emit, empt, epic, epil, epit, eric, erie, erme, etic, etym, eyer, eyre, feel, feer, feet, feil, fele, felt, feme, ferm, fete, fice, fict, fiel, fier, file, film, filt, fire, firm, firy, flee, flet, fley, flic, flip, flir, flit, free, fret, frey, frim, frit, fyce, fyle, icer, impf, impy, irpe, itel, item, iter, lect, leef, leep, leer, leet, left, leir, leme, lere, lerp, lete, lice, lief, lier, life, lift, lime, limp, limy, lipe, lire, lite, lyme, lyre, lyte, meer, meet, mele, melt, merc, mere, meri, merl, mete, mice, mile, milf, milt, mire, miry, mite, mity, myel, myrt, peel, peer, pele, pelf, pelt, pere, perf, peri, perm, pert, pete, pice, pict, pier, piet, pile, pilm, pily, pirl, pity, plie, plim, prec, pree, pref, prem, pret, prey, prie, prim, pyet, pyic, pyre, rcpt, rect, reef, reel, reem, reet, refl, reft, reif, reim, reit, rely, repl, rept, rete, rice, ricy, riel, riem, rife, rift, rile, rime, rimy, ripe, ript, rite, ryfe, ryme, rype, teel, teem, teer, teil, tele, teli, teme, temp, tepe, terf, term, terp, tice, tier, tile, time, tipe, tire, tirl, tree, trey, trie, trim, trip, trye, tryp, tyee, tyer, tymp, type, ycie, yeel, yelm, yelp, yelt, yere, yeti, yilt, yipe, yirm, yite, ylem, ymir, ympe, ympt
3 Letter Words for Imperfectly
cee, cel, cep, cer, cfi, cfm, cie, cif, cir, cit, cli, clr, cly, cml, cpi, cpl, cpm, cpr, cpt, crl, crt, cry, cte, ctf, ctr, cyl, cyp, ecm, ect, eec, eel, eer, efl, eft, eir, elf, eli, elm, elt, eme, emf, emp, epi, ere, erf, ert, etc, ety, eye, eyl, eyr, fcp, fcy, fec, fee, fei, fem, fer, fet, fey, fie, fil, fip, fir, fit, flt, fly, fmt, fpm, fri, frt, fry, ftp, ice, icy, ifc, ife, ile, imf, imp, ipl, ipm, ipr, ire, lcm, lee, lei, lem, lep, ler, let, ley, lie, lif, lim, lip, lir, lit, lpm, ltm, ltr, lyc, lye, lym, mcf, mee, mei, mel, mer, met, mfr, mic, mil, mir, mit, mri, myc, pcf, pci, pcm, pct, pec, pee, pel, per, pet, pfc, pic, pie, pil, pir, pit, plf, pli, ply, pmt, prc, pre, prf, pry, pte, pty, pye, pyr, rct, rec, ree, ref, rei, rel, rem, rep, rie, rif, rim, rip, rit, rle, rly, rpm, rpt, rte, rti, rye, tcp, tec, tee, tef, tel, tem, ter, tfr, tic, tie, til, tim, tip, tlc, tlr, tpi, tpm, trf, tri, trm, trp, try, tye, typ, tyr, yee, yep, yer, yet, yip
Definitions for Imperfectly
[1] of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
[2] not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
[3] Grammar . noting action or state still in process at some temporal point of reference, particularly in the past.
[4] Law . being without legal effect or support; unenforceable.
[5] Botany . (of a flower) diclinous.
[6] Music . of or relating to the interval of a major or minor third or sixth. Compare perfect(def 13a) .
[7] the imperfect tense.
[8] another verb formation or construction with imperfect meaning.
[9] a form in the imperfect, as Latin portābam, “I was carrying.”
[10] exhibiting or characterized by faults, mistakes, etc; defective
[11] not complete or finished; deficient
[12] botany (of flowers) lacking functional stamens or pistils (of fungi) not undergoing sexual reproduction
[13] grammar denoting a tense of verbs used most commonly in describing continuous or repeated past actions or events, as for example was walking as opposed to walked
[14] law (of a trust, an obligation, etc) lacking some necessary formality to make effective or binding; incomplete; legally unenforceable See also executory (def. 1)
[15] music (of a cadence) proceeding to the dominant from the tonic, subdominant, or any chord other than the dominant of or relating to all intervals other than the fourth, fifth, and octave Compare perfect (def. 9)
[16] grammar the imperfect tense a verb in this tense
Words related to Imperfectly
imperfectclumsily, awkwardly, poorly, badly, carelessly, crudely, haphazardly, incompetently, ineffectively, negligently, stupidly, unfavorably, unfortunately, wrong, wrongly, weakly, abominably, defectively, erroneously, feebly
Words nearby Imperfectly
imperfectimperceptible, imperception, imperceptive, impercipient, imperf., imperfect, imperfect competition, imperfect contrition, imperfect flower, imperfect fungus, imperfect stage
Origin of Imperfectly
1300–50; < Latin imperfectus unfinished (see im-2, perfect); replacing Middle English imparfit < Middle French imparfait < Latin, as above
Other words from Imperfectly
im·per·fect·ly , adverb
im·per·fect·ness , noun
Synonyms for Imperfectly
awkwardly, clumsily, poorly, abominably, blunderingly, carelessly, crudely, defectively, erroneously, faultily, feebly, haphazardly, incompetently, ineffectively, ineptly, maladroitly, negligently, shoddily, stupidly, unfavorably, unfortunately, unsatisfactorily, unskillfully, unsuccessfully, weakly, wrong, wrongly
