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scraggliest

scraggliest is the superlative form of scraggly.

Meaning of scraggly

Adjective

scraggly (comparative scragglier, superlative scraggliest)

  1. Rough, scruffy, or unkempt.
    • The sunburn of my face, what little of it could be seen through a scraggly growth of beard, had faded to a sickly yellow.1913 August, Jack London, chapter XXXI, in John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 280
  2. Jagged or uneven; scraggy.
    • She would be so happy . . . that she wouldn't notice the spelling or the scraggly writing.1916, Annie Fellows Johnston, chapter 24, in Georgina of the Rainbows

Questions about scraggliest

What is scraggliest the superlative form of?
Scraggliest is the superlative form of scraggly.

Words near scraggliest in the dictionary

  1. scraggle
  2. scraggle-bearded
  3. scraggled
  4. scraggles
  5. scragglier
  6. scraggliest
  7. scraggliness
  8. scraggling
  9. scraggly
  10. scraggy
  11. scragh

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