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scrawly

/skraw-lee/US // ˈskrɔ li //

潦草的,潦倒的,潦草,潦潦草草

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    scrawl·i·er, scrawl·i·est.

    • : written or drawn awkwardly or carelessly.

Examples

  • You better hold up there, Scrawly, if you don't want to try the depth of that gutter.

  • And every week or so a very scrawly epistle, usually on yellow tablet paper, arrives from Princeton.

  • He knew this far better than the poor, scrawly, uncultivated handwriting which he had seen so little.

  • A mist came up out of the past and blurred the scrawly letters until they swam before my eyes and faded out of sight.

  • She looked at her friend curiously, as Molly glanced at the address written in a rather large, scrawly masculine hand.