sketchily

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adverb

In a sketchy manner.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adverbsketchily (comparative more sketchily, superlative most sketchily)

comparative more sketchily · superlative most sketchily

  1. In a sketchy manner.

    But, bowing with sketchily joined hands, they smiled their way clumsily out, down to the darkness.

    1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 514
    1 more example

    22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttps://web.archive.org/web/20120324175255/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ The Hunger Games has its share of standalone payoffs, though some are too sketchily developed to have much of an impact, like Katniss’ motherly connection to Rue.

Origin

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APA

sketchily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sketchily

MLA

“sketchily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sketchily. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sketchily,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sketchily.

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