defectively

1. 1.

   in a defective manner

   “this machine functions only defectively”

Questions about defectively

What does defectively mean?

defectively means "in a defective manner".

How many syllables are in defectively?

defectively has 5 syllables and divides as de-fec-ti-ve-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is defectively a common word?

defectively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.