sketchily

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English

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Etymology

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From sketchy +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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sketchily (comparative more sketchily, superlative most sketchily)

  1. In a sketchy manner.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 514:
      But, bowing with sketchily joined hands, they smiled their way clumsily out, down to the darkness.
    • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
      The Hunger Games has its share of standalone payoffs, though some are too sketchily developed to have much of an impact, like Katniss’ motherly connection to Rue.