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Another word for deficiently

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• adverb (Context 1)

In a manner that is lacking, inadequate, or falling short of a required standard or amount.

Usage Example

"Because the project was inadequately funded from the outset, the research team struggled to purchase the necessary laboratory equipment."

Strongest
inadequately
insufficiently
Strong
imperfectly
defectively
poorly
unsatisfactorily
scantily
incompetently

Opposites of deficiently

The opposite of deficiently shifts depending on context. Common opposites include:

adequately
sufficiently
amply
satisfactorily
competently
fully
completely
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• Nearby Words

defibrillator
deficiency
deficient
deficiently
deficit
defier
defile

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Wordmom. (2026). Synonyms for Deficiently. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/synonyms/deficiently
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