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Infelicitously snooze in country, missing start of auction (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inaptly

'infelicitously' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adverbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'snooze in country missing start of auction' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'snooze' could be 'nap' (synonyms) and 'nap' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for inaptly that I've seen before include "In an unfit state" , "Unsuitably" , "Not fittingly" , "Inappropriately" , "Unfortunately" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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