sloppily

English

Etymology

From sloppy +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈslɒpɪli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈslɑpɪli/
• Rhymes: -ɒpɪli

Adverb

sloppily (comparative more sloppily, superlative most sloppily)

1. In a sloppy manner, not neatly.
   • 2008, Jonathan Nasaw, Fear Itself:

     […] as soul-deadeningly, eye-strainingly, sleep-inducingly boring as going through fourteen file boxes of sloppily photostatted bank records.