sloppily
5
2.9
- adverb
- /ˈslɑːpɪli/
:
descuidadamente
- The room was sloppily organized, with papers scattered across the floor and clothes thrown everywhere.
- sloppily dressed
- kissed sloppily
- sloppily done
Well, no, no, lineages are the rigorous version of what we sloppily call race.
- Well, no, no, lineages are the rigorous version of what we sloppily call race.
- And that suicide scene is staged so sloppily that it's almost a joke.
Examples
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Spelled out sloppily in red letters was the message, "Congratulations, Tack."
Fiction book (2000) -
The young man, Carlos, has his arm sloppily draped across Kit's shoulder.
Fiction book (1990) -
So I may have spoken sloppily when I said it, but...
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So I think that even though they talk sloppily, it is hiding a pretty reasonable thought process underneath.
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Now he saw that her hair was sloppily braided.
Fiction book (1994) -
Whoever the culprits were, they had sloppily left the door open.
Fiction book (2001) -
It was a very sloppily done thesis.
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Uncle Ed was carrying a sloppily wrapped present, which he handed to Terri.
Fiction book (2002) -
The embarrassed Klaus kneels and sloppily re-ties his shoe.
Fiction book (1990) -
The scone halves to Sarah's left are covered sloppily with grape jam.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
9
6.1
In a way that is not planned or organized
1
1.4
In a messy way that leaves food or paint everywhere
1
6.0
In a careless way that uses cheap materials or little effort
1
3.4
In a messy way that is not neat
1
9.9
In a messy, mixed-up way with things in no order
1
9.5
In a lazy, careless way with little interest
In a messy, untidy way, especially about clothes or hair
In a lazy, untidy way with shoulders bent forward
In a way that shows little care or attention
In a messy, disorganized way
In a messy, untidy way
Antonyms
How Careless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sloppily comes from sloppy, which comes from slop, a word for a wet, messy liquid or food you might spill, so imagine spilled soup or pig food to remember 'wet' and 'messy'. So, to do something sloppily is to do it 'messily' or 'carelessly'. The ending -ly simply turns this idea into 'in a way'.