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scrawly, a.|ˈskrɔːlɪ|
[f. scrawl v.2 or n.1 + -y.]
Badly or untidily written; irregularly designed.
1833Mrs. Stowe in C. E. Stowe Life (1889) 70 The envelope was written in a scrawny, scrawly, gentleman's hand. 1859G. Wilson Life E. Forbes iii. (1861) 76 Its statements are exceedingly brief, some in ink, many in pencil, all of them very scrawly. 1901Pall Mall Gaz. 27 May 6/1 Three yellowish eggs with their unmistakable black, scrawly marks.
Hence ˈscrawliness.
1867W. James Let. 17 Sept. (1920) I. 103 Excuse the scrawliness of this too hurriedly written letter. 1903F. W. H. Myers Human Pers. II. 168 Before one can feel sure that the resemblance is in more than some formal scrawliness. |