Sloppily

//ˈslɒpɪli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a sloppy manner, not neatly.

    "[…] as soul-deadeningly, eye-strainingly, sleep-inducingly boring as going through fourteen file boxes of sloppily photostatted bank records."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a sloppy manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
clumsilyany old wayanyhowat randomby chancecarelessly

Example

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"Don't dash off a sloppily written report filled with mistakes."

Etymology

From sloppy + -ly.

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