raggedly
2
4.9
- adverb
- /ˈræɡɪdli/
:
irregularmente
- And looking back, I just noticed how his "hem" appears to be just raggedly cut, not finished.
- breathed raggedly
- cut raggedly
- torn raggedly
For the way every moment, every experience, is in effect a wave that crashes raggedly over and past us in a whelming and sensuous way.
- For the way every moment, every experience, is in effect a wave that crashes raggedly over and past us in a whelming and sensuous way.
Examples
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A shape scuttles raggedly beneath him.
Fiction book (2000) -
"The book and the gold are guarded," the wizard's voice continued raggedly, "but the Rievers may yet prevail, through the power they have usurped."
Fiction book (1991) -
A white cloud burst raggedly forth.
Fiction book (2001) -
The photo in question is raggedly mounted and not the sort that would make the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Blog text (27) -
Their faces look only partially human, sewn together raggedly.
Fiction book (1996) -
The carol hung suspended on the last refrain, drawing out the notes before raggedly collapsing to a conclusion.
Fiction book (1996) -
There were more shots, and then more trumpeting—and then, slowly and raggedly, silence.
Fiction book (1999) -
Sister Gertrude then slept raggedly, every once in a while frowning and crying out something that Sister Helen couldn't quite understand.
Fiction book (1994) -
Only inches away, the roll, raggedly bitten at, looks like some nasty sort of undersea growth, a nosegay for a mermaid.
Fiction book (1997) -
The paper was cut raggedly, leaving uneven edges that looked rough.
Synonyms
8
3.5
In a way that makes some parts different from others
4
4.2
Happens at different times and not in a steady way
1
4.8
In a rough, uneven way with sharp points
1
7.9
In an uneven way that leaves some parts not covered
In an uneven way so small parts are different
In an uneven, untidy way that spreads out
Antonyms
How Ragged
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Raggedly comes from the simple word rag, meaning a 'cloth scrap' or torn piece of cloth, and the ending -ly turns it into a word about how something is done. So, to do something raggedly is to do it in a rough, uneven, or jagged way, just like the frayed edge of a torn rag.