raggedly

rag·ged (r

adj.

1. Tattered, frayed, or torn: ragged clothes.

2. Dressed in tattered or threadbare clothes: a ragged scarecrow.

3. Unkempt or shaggy: ragged hair.

4. Having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline: a column of text set with a ragged right margin.

5. Imperfect; uneven: The actor gave a ragged performance.

6. Harsh; rasping: a ragged cough.

[Middle English, from ragge, rag; see rag¹.]

ragged·ly adv.

ragged·ness n.

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Adv.	1.	raggedly - in a ragged uneven manner; "I took the cigarette he offered, drawing at it raggedly" unevenly
	2.	raggedly - in a ragged irregular manner; "a stone wall trails raggedly through the woods" stragglingly
	3.	raggedly - with a ragged and uneven appearance; "a long beard, raggedly cut" jaggedly

Translations

raggedly [ˈrægɪdlɪ] ADV he was raggedly dressed → iba vestido con andrajos or harapos
they marched raggedly up and down → marchaban arriba y abajo de forma desordenada

raggedly

adv

(= in torn clothes) dress → abgerissen, zerlumpt

(= unevenly) → stotternd, unregelmäßig

raggedly [ˈrægɪdlɪ] adv

a. raggedly dressed → vestito/a di stracci

b. (engine) to run raggedly → funzionare irregolarmente

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Except on the crown, which was raggedly bald, he had stiff, black hair, standing jaggedly all over it, and growing down hill almost to his broad, blunt nose.

A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context

Here and there, a mildewed jessamine or honeysuckle hung raggedly from some ornamental support, which had been pushed to one side by being used as a horse-post.

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context

Sometimes I heard the foxes as they ranged over the snow-crust, in moonlight nights, in search of a partridge or other game, barking raggedly and demoniacally like forest dogs, as if laboring with some anxiety, or seeking expression, struggling for light and to be dogs outright and run freely in the streets; for if we take the ages into our account, may there not be a civilization going on among brutes as well as men?

Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context

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