scribbly
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4.8
- adjective
- /ˈskrɪbli/
- His drawing was so scribbly that no one could tell what it was intended to be.
Examples
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Now, after years of practice, it's only scribbly when I want it to be.
Blog text (17) -
Back then, my style was pretty scribbly.
Blog text (17) -
They mostly talk with scribbly little diagrams on the board.
Academic text (2005) -
So Maurice Morancy, more or less the maitre d'hotel, wrote a scribbly note and sent it up to Bill, with the information that the Swedish husband was downstairs in the garden waiting for him.
Academic text (1990) -
The children's scribbly artwork lined the walls of the classroom, showcasing their creativity.
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She wrote a scribbly note that was hard to read but filled with heartfelt emotions.
Synonyms
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5.1
Twisting and spreading out in many directions like a path or stream
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4.4
Having thin lines and uneven patches of different color or texture, like marks on bacon and skin
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4.1
Having soft dirty marks that make a surface look blurred
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4.4
Covered with smudges or marks that make it look dirty
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7.6
Messy and jumbled so people cannot understand it
Antonyms
How Messy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word scribbly comes from the old root scrib- meaning 'to write', the same root you see in scribe and scribble. So, think of quick, messy writing — that image explains why scribbly means covered with messy, winding lines.