Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a ragged condition or manner; roughly; brokenly.
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- adverb In a
ragged manner,unevenly , especially not inunison
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a ragged uneven manner
- adverb in a ragged irregular manner
- adverb with a ragged and uneven appearance
Etymologies
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Examples
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As I crouch down, senses overloading my brain like an ocean liner bearing down on a rowboat, I notice in a vaguely disembodied way that one of the vanes on my nocked arrow has come halfway unglued and now hangs raggedly from the shaft.
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As I crouch down, senses overloading my brain like an ocean liner bearing down on a rowboat, I notice in a vaguely disembodied way that one of the vanes on my nocked arrow has come halfway unglued and now hangs raggedly from the shaft.
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She let her head rest on my shoulder, and I exhaled raggedly, overcome with sheer desire.
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The stereotypical mentally ill person is a raggedly dressed man or woman muttering to him or herself, pushing a supermarket cart loaded with old clothes and plastic bags along the sidewalk.
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Her hair was cut raggedly above her ears, as if it had been done with a knife.
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The stereotypical mentally ill person is a raggedly dressed man or woman muttering to him or herself, pushing a supermarket cart loaded with old clothes and plastic bags along the sidewalk.
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They rioted monstrously over his face and fell raggedly to his chest, but failed to hide the great hollowed cheeks or the twisted mouth.
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We have three or four raggedly curious winds attached to our flag pole playing their various musical instruments all around us like circus performers on their way to market.
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She let her head rest on my shoulder, and I exhaled raggedly, overcome with sheer desire.
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An increasingly absurd fable of raggedly carny folk taking Byzantine Mousetrap-style revenge on a spiralling arms industry, Micmacs is stuffed full of winches, pulleys, gears, cogs and even cannons out of which our feisty misfits are shot.
The Princess and the Frog; Alice in Wonderland; Mimacs; Extraordinary Measures; The Last Station
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