Lexic.us

Definition of Raggedly

1. Adverb. In a ragged uneven manner. "I took the cigarette he offered, drawing at it raggedly"

2. Adverb. In a ragged irregular manner. "A stone wall trails raggedly through the woods"

3. Adverb. With a ragged and uneven appearance. "A long beard, raggedly cut"

Definition of Raggedly

1. Adverb. In a ragged manner, unevenly, especially not in unison ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Raggedly

1. ragged [adv] - See also: ragged

Lexicographical Neighbors of Raggedly

raggamuffin raggamuffins raggare raggares raggas ragged ragged-fringed orchid ragged orchid ragged orchis ragged red fibers

ragged robin raggeder raggedest raggedier raggediest raggedly (current term) raggedness raggednesses raggedy raggee

raggees raggeries raggery raggie raggier raggies raggiest ragging raggings raggle

Literary usage of Raggedly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chelsea Historical Pageant: Old Ranelagh Gardens, Royal Hospital, June 25th by Chelsea (London, England). Pageant committee (1908)
"(confusion of Orchestra} The National Anthem tails off raggedly, ... ("Charlie over the Water" tails off raggedly with a babel of brass : during the ..."

2. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Edward Chauncey Baldwin (1906)
"Except on the crown, which was raggedly bald, he had stiff, black hair, standing jaggedly all over it, and growing down hill almost to his broad, ..."

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