adv. Obs. [UN-1 11, 5 b.] Imperfectly.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., VIII. xxix. (Bodl. MS.). Whanne it [sc. light] comeþ into fatte mater it is inperfitelich [1495 vnperfyghtly] ifonge & schedeþ hym þerinne vnperfitelich and semeþ derke withoute.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., V. xv. 564. It is no nede forto seie ther of eny thing vnperfitli and vnfully and therfore vnsauorili here.
1483. Act 1 Rich. III., c. 8, Preamble. Wollen Clothes … unperfitly made and deceyvably wrought.
1552. Latimer, Serm. Lord’s Prayer, vi. (1562), 47 b. We beleue vnperfectly, we loue vnperfectly, we suffer vnperfectly…; and so al thinges that we do, ar done imperfectly.
1561. Daus, trans. Bullinger on Apoc., 579. Besydes this, we se here vnperfitly.
1639. Gentilis, Servita’s Inquis. (1655), 20. Yet was it not put to execution according to the Emperours mind, but onely unperfectly.
