Scrappily

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a scrappy manner

    "The team played scrappily, even though everyone expected them to lose."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a bellicose contentious manner wordnet

Synonyms

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combativelycombatively

Example

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"The team played scrappily, even though everyone expected them to lose."

Etymology

From scrappy + -ly.

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