Definition of Scribbly

1. Adjective. Like a scribble; roughly scrawled; illegible or messy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scribbly

1. consisting of scribbles (careless writings) [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scribbly

scribbet
scribbets
scribble
scribbled
scribblement
scribblements
scribbler
scribblers
scribbles
scribblier
scribbliest
scribbling
scribbling block
scribblingly
scribblings
scribbly (current term)
scribe
scribed
scriber
scribers
scribes
scribing
scribing block
scribings
scribism
scribisms
scrid
scrids
scriech
scrieched

Literary usage of Scribbly

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

1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"One could not but be amused to find the name Scotchman applied to a smaller kind of Spaniard.''' scribbly-Gum, n. also called White-Gum, ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"See CONTEST, FIGHT, scribbly, a. scrawly. DISTURBANCE. 2. In football: mêlée (French); spec, bully (Eton football), rush (US), rouge (Eton school; Eng.). ..."

3. The Bookman (1911)
"Because the story was written in a scribbly hand, on sheets of paper of different sizes and on both sides of every one of these sheets. ..."

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