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illiterately
Variant of illiterate
adjective
- ignorant; uneducated; esp., not knowing how to read or write
- having or showing limited knowledge, experience, or culture, esp. in some particular field: musically illiterate
- violating accepted usage in language: an illiterate sentence
noun
an illiterate person; esp., a person who does not know how to read or write
Related Forms:
- illiterately adverb
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