sketchily

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English

Etymology

From sketchy +‎ -ly.

Adverb

sketchily (comparative more sketchily, superlative most sketchily)

  1. In a sketchy manner.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 514:
      But, bowing with sketchily joined hands, they smiled their way clumsily out, down to the darkness.
    • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games
      The Hunger Games has its share of standalone payoffs, though some are too sketchily developed to have much of an impact, like Katniss’ motherly connection to Rue.