Meaning & use
Maladroitly
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In a clumsy, tactless, or unskillful manner.
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He maladroitly brought up her divorce during the toast.
The new intern maladroitly fumbled the introduction, forgetting the client's name.
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Built from the French-derived 'adroit' (skillful) with the negating prefix 'mal-,' meaning bad.
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deftlyskillfully
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