Usually means: Inappropriately, unsuitably for the situation.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word unfitly:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. unfitly: Merriam-Webster
  2. unfitly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. unfitly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. unfitly: Vocabulary.com
  5. unfitly: Wordnik
  6. unfitly: Wiktionary
  7. unfitly: Dictionary.com
  8. unfitly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. unfitly: FreeDictionary.org
  10. unfitly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. unfitly: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. unfitly: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. unfitly: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (unfitly)

▸ adverb:  In an unfit manner; unsuitably, inappropriately, not fitly.

Similar:
unfittingly, unsuitably, inaptly, unbefittingly, unproperly, unappositely, undecently, uncomely, inappositely, inappropriately, more...

Opposite:
appropriately, suitably, properly, correctly

Types:
inaptly, inappropriately, unbecomingly, unsuitably, indecorously, more...

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Similar:
unfittingly, unsuitably, inaptly, unbefittingly, unproperly, unappositely, undecently, uncomely, inappositely, inappropriately, more...

Opposite:
appropriately, suitably, properly, correctly

Types:
inaptly, inappropriately, unbecomingly, unsuitably, indecorously, more...



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