Home at apartment, put on lady’s clothing, in a way not fitting (7)
I believe the answer is:
inaptly
'a way not fitting' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'home at apartment put on lady's clothing' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' (to be in is to be (at) home).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'apartment' becomes 'apt' (abbreviation in property ads for example).
'put on' says to put letters next to each other (some letters go on or after others).
'clothing' suggests removing the centre.
'lady' with its middle taken out is 'ly'.
'in'+'apt'+'ly'='INAPTLY'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inaptly that I've seen before include "In an unfit state" , "Unfortunately" , "Unsuitably" , "Not fittingly" , "Inappropriately" .)