inappropriately

/ˌɪnəˈpɹɑpɹiətɫi/ adv

In an inappropriate manner.

Word Origin Appropriate comes from Latin ad- 'to' and proprius 'one's own' — literally 'to make one's own.' So inappropriate is something that doesn't belong, that's not fitting. The negative prefix in- flips it, and the -ly makes it an adverb. The same root proprius gives us property, proprietor, and proper — all about what's rightly yours.

adv In an inappropriate manner.

He laughed inappropriately during the solemn ceremony, drawing disapproving glances.

(副词) 不适当地;不合时宜地

他在庄严的仪式上不合时宜地笑了,引来了不满的目光。

(adverbio) inapropiadamente; de manera inapropiada; desacertadamente; inadecuadamente [De manera inapropiada.]

Se rió inapropiadamente durante la ceremonia solemne, atrayendo miradas de desaprobación.

(adverbe) de manière inappropriée; de façon déplacée; inconvenablement; mal à propos; hors de propos [D'une manière inappropriée, qui ne convient pas au contexte ou à la situation.]

Il a ri inappropriately pendant la cérémonie solennelle, attirant des regards désapprobateurs.

(Adverb) unangemessen; unpassend [Auf eine Weise, die nicht angemessen, passend oder den Umständen entsprechend ist.]

Er lachte **inappropriately** während der feierlichen Zeremonie und zog missbilligende Blicke auf sich.

(副詞) 不適切に、ふさわしくない様子で。

厳粛な儀式の最中に彼が不適切に笑ったので、非難の視線が集まった。

(advérbio) inapropriadamente; indevidamente; desapropriadamente [De maneira inapropriada.]

Ele riu inadequadamente durante a cerimônia solene, atraindo olhares de desaprovação.

Common collocations

be verb to prep of prep in prep use verb have verb by prep not adv patient subst call verb may verb with prep

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