Definitions
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- adverb In a
sloppy manner, notneatly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a sloppy manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mashburn had 30 points and nine rebounds and Baron Davis added a career-high 21 points as the Hornets pulled out an 83-79 victory over the Heat in sloppily played contest.
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She turned it over, the name sloppily embossed in the plastic was Poppie.
Mistress of Justice Deaver, Jeffery 1992
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Now, imagine taking your cab out one night, and you notice a bunch of cars—of every make, size, year and model—with the word TAXI sloppily spray-painted on their sides.
Trial Cycle Oliver Hunt 2011
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And for people to kind of sloppily think that the US is soooo great for women makes me nutty.
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And for people to kind of sloppily think that the US is soooo great for women makes me nutty.
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Since nothing has been done and things "sloppily" covered up, is not one saying this is "how we do business?!"
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Since nothing has been done and things "sloppily" covered up, is not one saying this is "how we do business?!"
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Since nothing has been done and things "sloppily" covered up, is not one saying this is "how we do business?!"
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One invaluable Yelp tip, if a restaurant has really bad reviews click through and check out the user profiles for the naysayers, you may find they're bothered by things that aren't an issue for you (like "sloppily" dressed staff, which apparently bothers enough people to vote down my favorite local restaurant such that it gets only a one star rating on Yelp, despite the four stars Zagat gives it).
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Since nothing has been done and things "sloppily" covered up, is not one saying this is "how we do business?!"
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