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sketchy(dictionary)

sketchy (iou)



sketchy adjective. E19.
[from SKETCH noun1 + -Y1.]
Giving only a slight or rough outline of the minimum, essential, or prominent features, facts, etc. E19.
Construction News Details of the expansion are sketchy.
Of a picture etc.: resembling or of the nature of a sketch; consisting or composed of outline without much detail. E19.
E. H. Gombrich The picture looks sketchy and unfinished.
Insubstantial or imperfect, esp. through haste. colloq. L19.
S. Chitty Her education..was so sketchy as to be almost invisible.
sketchily adverb E19.
sketchiness noun M19.