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sloppily

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈslɒpɪli/
  • General-American: /ˈslɑpɪli/
  • rhymes with -ɒpɪli
  • CMU ARPABET: S L AA1 P AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In a sloppy manner, not neatly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in a sloppy manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • this work was done rather sloppily

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English sloppy Middle English -ly English -ly English sloppily From sloppy + -ly.