sketchily
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7.1
- adverb
- /ˈskɛtʃɪli/
:
de manera vaga
- On the realist side, Joyce has created in "Grace" a number of sketchily drawn but convincing characters along with three perfect cameos of the Dublin scene: the pub, a lower middle-class home, and a religious ceremony.
- only sketchily
- rather sketchily
Examples
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This fictional world is sketchily constructed out of these miscellaneous documents that provide no cohesive narrative voice.
Academic text (1995) -
Just sketchily, you know, born, married, why I left my last job.
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Each of these concerns is dealt with sketchily.
Academic text (1998) -
Sebastiano showed little interest in the model's lower legs, just sketchily indicating her feet and calves.
Academic text (2006) -
The others arrived hard on the heels of the fire truck: Captain Walsh, two patrol cars, and sketchily dressed neighbors hurrying up the drive or across the backyard.
Fiction book (1994) -
Then he unfolded some handwritten papers and slowly read aloud a sketchily composed preliminary order freeing slaves in the rebellious states.
Blog text (31) -
It doesn't take more than a few minutes to realize that Me Likes You Very Much is a thoughtful commentary on friendship and relationships thinly veiled by sketchily drawn birds with potty mouths.
Blog text (8) -
I only understand the concept sketchily, so I need to read more about it.
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He described the painting sketchily, leaving out many important details.
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The lecture covered the topic sketchily, without going into deeper explanations.
Synonyms
115
3.9
Not clearly or with few details
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6.3
Hard to see, hear, or remember clearly
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5.4
In a not exact or clear way that can cause mistakes
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8.8
In an unclear way that makes meaning hard to understand
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5.4
In a way that is unclear or blurry
In a way that is unclear and gives no details
In a way that is not clear and hard to remember
In a vague and unclear way
In a vague way without clear detail
In a rough, not finished way that is unclear
In small separate parts that are not complete
In a way that is unclear or covered with mud
Antonyms
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sketchily comes from sketch, which means 'a quick or rough drawing', plus the ending -ily that makes it describe how something is done. So to say something was described sketchily is to say it was given like a quick drawing, with few details or 'in a vague or incomplete way'.