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scribblingly

scribblingly adverb: in a scribbling manner.

Adverb

scribblingly (comparative more scribblingly, superlative most scribblingly)

  1. In a scribbling manner.
    • Mr. Hooker's sermons […] were so scribblingly written that nobody could read three words together in them.1867, The American journal of education: Volume 17, page 316

Forms of scribblingly

comparativemore scribblingly
superlativemost scribblingly

Origin of scribblingly

From scribbling + -ly.

Questions about scribblingly

What does scribblingly mean?
Scribblingly means in a scribbling manner.
What part of speech is scribblingly?
Scribblingly is an adverb.

Words near scribblingly in the dictionary

  1. scribblier
  2. scribbliest
  3. scribbliness
  4. scribbling
  5. scribbling down
  6. scribblingly
  7. scribblings
  8. scribbly
  9. scribbly gum
  10. scribbly gum moth
  11. scribe

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