Synonyms for sketchy

Grammar : Adj

Spell : skech-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈskɛtʃ i

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Définition of sketchy

Origin : 1805, "having the form or character of a sketch," from sketch (n.) + -y (1). Colloquial sense of "unsubstantial, imperfect, flimsy" is from 1878, perhaps via the notion of "unfinished." Related: Sketchily; sketchiness.

adj rough, incomplete

Example sentences :

I can't swear to any of these things; they're sketchy impressions.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

The sketchy nephew hinted that he might have fallen off a bridge.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

It is a phrase that recurs at intervals in his sketchy "Confessions."
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

He could just write a kind of sketchy hand, and didn't care for writing at all.
Extract from : « Youth » by Joseph Conrad

She is too young to endure it, sobbed the by-product to her of the sketchy face.
Extract from : « Iole » by Robert W. Chambers

An older child would not be content with so sketchy an account.
Extract from : « Here and Now Story Book » by Lucy Sprague Mitchell

She nods and gives me another of them sketchy, happy smiles.
Extract from : « The House of Torchy » by Sewell Ford

I have had only a sketchy outline of the case from Mr. Narkom.
Extract from : « The Riddle of the Mysterious Light » by Mary E. Hanshew

Her breasts were sketchy, but her bosom was so massive that a rich harvest was certain.
Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker

If the existing track was sketchy, the new track would be worse.
Extract from : « The Road Builders » by Samuel Merwin

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