maladroitly

1. 1.

   in a maladroit manner

   “he dealt with the situation maladroitly”

   Antonymsadroitly

Questions about maladroitly

What does maladroitly mean?

maladroitly means "in a maladroit manner".

How many syllables are in maladroitly?

maladroitly has 4 syllables: ma-la-droit-ly. The stress falls on "la".

What is the opposite of maladroitly?

The recorded antonyms are adroitly.

Is maladroitly a common word?

maladroitly 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.