makeshifty

English

Etymology

From makeshift +‎ -y.

Adjective

makeshifty (comparative more makeshifty, superlative most makeshifty)

1. Somewhat makeshift.
   • 1981, John Domatilla, The Last Crime, page 11:

     Acteon had first met him at the man's makeshifty trial where he'd been reclassified mind-redundant. The bullion had never been recovered.

   • 2018, T. Price Caldwell, Oliver Cresswell, Robert J. Stainton, Discourse, Structure and Linguistic Choice, page 65:

     Still, however makeshifty the idea of language was, he could see no choice.