skimmyadj.
rare.
Of the nature of skimming; superficial.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough
overlyc1450
superficialc1456
sloven1532
sloven-like1569
perfunctory1592
slovenly1592
perfunctorious1599
cursory1601
cursorarya1616
slighty1619
cursitory1632
touch and go1682
passant1685
skimming1728
slapdashc1792
lax1812
slap-bang1815
slummocking1825
slobbery1832
percursory1837
slipshod1845
slip-string1854
slummocky1855
free and easy1864
unthorough1868
slurring1880
slummy1881
sploshy1881
skimmy1893
surfacy1975
drive-through1994
1893 Critic (N.Y.) 7 Jan. 6/2 A sketchy and ‘skimmy’ study of the romance as distinguished from the novel in the United States.
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adj.1893- to take a hate against
- to take a hate on
- to take a head
- to take a header
- to take a hike
- to take a hole lower
- to take a jerry
- to take a jerry to
- to take a joke
- to take a knee
- to take a lead
- to take a leaf out of a person's book
- to take a leak
- to take a left
- to take a letter
- to take a level
- to take a liberty
- to take a liberty to do something
- to take a liking to
- to take a load off
- to take a load off one's feet
- to take a load off one's mind
- to take a long view
- to take a look
- to take a look around