dilettantly

English

Adverb

dilettantly (comparative more dilettantly, superlative most dilettantly)

1. Alternative form of dilettantely
   • 1946, M. N. Roy, “The Communist Party”, in Revolution And Counter-Revolution in China, Calcutta: Renaissance Publishers, page 562:

     It was a foolhardy, ill-conceived, dilettantly prepared defensive; it was a typical adventure.

   • 1975, Jacques van Doorn, The Soldier and Social Change: Comparative Studies in the History and Sociology of the Military, Beverly Hills, London: SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 156:

     Revenge is taken for the activities of snipers; one starts shooting at all those who flee and all those who appear “suspicious”, one tries to obtain information by dilettantly executed pressure on the population.

   • 1996, Society and Economy in Central and Eastern Europe, page 217:

     Thus, with the help of computer technology the mathematical thinking in models experiences an unexpected renaissance what is proved by the large number of software packages - that are however quite often used dilettantly.

   • 1999, Temas, page 85:

     […] they have been arbitrarily created (and dilettantly […]

   • 2014, Teresa Pinto Coelho, translated by Vanessa Boutefeu, Eça de Queirós and the Victorian Press, Tamesis, →ISBN, page 160:

     In the first issue, the ‘Club’ consisted of a group of writers who in their spare time amused themselves dilettantly by having random conversations around a table.