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much scribbling

much scribbling adjective: writing or drawing hastily and carelessly; producing written material of poor quality or little substance.

Adjective

much scribbling (not comparable)

  1. (derogatory, rare) Writing or drawing hastily and carelessly; producing written material of poor quality or little substance.
    • I became his zealous partisan, and contributed all I could to raise a party in his favor, and we combated for him a while with some hopes of success. There was much scribbling pro and con upon the occasion; and finding that, tho’ an elegant preacher, he was but a poor writer, I lent him my pen and...1700s, Franklin, Benjamin, The Life of Benjamin Franklin Written by Himself., page 295
    • ... amid much scribbling is a worn late 14th cent. Latin note on the old nunnery of Coventry 'quod J.R. ...1922, Falconer Madan and H.H.E. Craster, A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, which Have Not Hitherto Been Catalogued in the Quarto Series, page 254

Synonyms of much scribbling

Origin of much scribbling

From much + scribbling

Questions about much scribbling

What does much scribbling mean?
Much scribbling means writing or drawing hastily and carelessly; producing written material of poor quality or little substance.
What part of speech is much scribbling?
Much scribbling is an adjective.

Words near much scribbling in the dictionary

  1. much less
  2. Much Marcle
  3. much needed
  4. much obliged
  5. much of a muchness
  6. much scribbling
  7. much to be said
  8. much too
  9. Much Wenlock
  10. much what
  11. much will have more

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