sloppily

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UK/ˈslɒpɪli/US/ˈslɑpɪli/

adverb

In a sloppy manner, not neatly.

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Meanings

adverbsloppily (comparative more sloppily, superlative most sloppily)

comparative more sloppily · superlative most sloppily

  1. In a sloppy manner, not neatly.

    […] as soul-deadeningly, eye-strainingly, sleep-inducingly boring as going through fourteen file boxes of sloppily photostatted bank records.

    2008, Jonathan Nasaw, Fear Itself

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
clumsily

Origin

From sloppy + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sloppily

choppilyfloppilyhoppily
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Cite this entry
APA

sloppily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sloppily

MLA

“sloppily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sloppily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sloppily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sloppily.

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