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scrawly

scrawly adjective: written in the manner of a scrawl, written sloppily and in haste, hard to read.

Adjective

scrawly (comparative scrawlier, superlative scrawliest)

  1. Written in the manner of a scrawl, written sloppily and in haste, hard to read.

Forms of scrawly

comparativescrawlier
superlativescrawliest

Origin of scrawly

From scrawl + -y.

Questions about scrawly

What does scrawly mean?
Scrawly means written in the manner of a scrawl, written sloppily and in haste, hard to read.
What part of speech is scrawly?
Scrawly is an adjective.

Words near scrawly in the dictionary

  1. scrawls
  2. scrawls down
  3. scrawls off
  4. scrawls out
  5. scrawls up
  6. scrawly
  7. scrawm
  8. scrawmed
  9. scrawming
  10. scrawms
  11. scrawn

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