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sketchily

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sketch·y  (skch)
adj. sketch·i·er, sketch·i·est
1. Resembling a sketch; giving only major points or parts.
2.
a. Lacking in substance or completeness; incomplete.
b. Slight; superficial.

sketchi·ly adv.
sketchi·ness n.
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Adv.1.sketchily - in a sketchy incomplete manner; "he explained sketchily"; "the dishes were only sketchily washed"

sketchily
adverb incompletely, roughly, imperfectly, hastily, perfunctorily, patchily, cursorily The ideas seem sketchily developed and the images vague.
Translations
sketchily [ˈsketʃɪlɪ] ADVincompletamente
sketchily [ˈskɛtʃɪli] advsommairement
sketching pad ncarnet m de croquis
sketchily
sketchily [ˈskɛtʃɪlɪ] adv (answer, understand) → in modo incompleto; (plan, recall) → a grandi linee


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Remembering, sketchily, the main outlines of his recent scene with Porfiry, he could not help shuddering again with horror.
The saddle and handle-bar were then sketchily adjusted bv Grubb, a deposit exacted, except in the case of familiar boys, the machine lubricated, and the adventurer started upon his career.
 
 
 
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