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sketchlike

sketchlike

1 5.5
Looking like a quick drawing with little detail
  • adjective
  • /ˈskɛtʃlaɪk/
: esbozado
  • The presentation was sketchlike, offering a brief overview rather than an in-depth analysis of the topic.

Examples

  • Her draft was sketchlike, capturing only the main ideas without going into detailed explanations.

  • The artist's watercolor painting had a sketchlike quality that made it feel both vibrant and spontaneous.

  • What they appreciated were Michelangelo's sketchlike strokes, the different drawing techniques that Vasari described, all indicative of the work's lack of finish.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The sketchlike appearance Manet has given the portrait might refer to the stanza where Baudelaire, in the guise of an artist, thinks of her as a rough draft drawn from memory: PREFORMATTED TABLE

    Academic text (1997)

Antonyms

finished
767 1.0

Complete and no longer needing work

detailed
302 3.7

Having many small parts or facts that you can see

How Detailed

polished
75 2.1
finished
767 1.0
unfinished
130 2.7
sketchlike
1 5.5
rough
62 2.8

Surface Forms

sketchlike positive

Morphology

sketchlike = sketch (transparent) = sketch + like

The adjective is formed by the productive suffix '-like' meaning 'resembling', so the meaning is directly derived from 'sketch'.

Etymology

Sketchlike comes from sketch, a 'quick drawing', and the part -like, which means 'similar to'. So, something described as sketchlike looks or feels like a quick, unfinished drawing, being short, loose, and with little detail.