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sloppily, adv.|ˈslɒpɪlɪ| [f. sloppy a. + -ly2.] In a sloppy or slovenly manner.
1898Daily News 11 Oct. 6/4 His broadly but not sloppily touched landscapes. 1909Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 572/2 The swish of the water licking sloppily against the yacht's side had a very lonesome sound. a1911D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. xv. 354 She regarded his play as mediocre claptrap..fit only for the unthinking, sloppily sentimental crowd. 1942E. Paul Narrow St. xi. 83 In first class, one was slighted by the poverty-stricken employees, and served sloppily in the dining car, if any. 1952S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1953) iii. 39 I've done it six summers now and its all a lot of crudney. Rush around and push shows together sloppily. 1979Country Life 18 Jan. 134/3 The subject..is perilously near the sloppily mawkish. |