choppy
adjective
(of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
choppily
-
a word derived from
choppy.
Example Sentences
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With so much chronological haphazardness, the handsomely produced if choppily edited “Freud’s Last Session” becomes trapped in a no-patient’s-land, neither effectively enlarged nor satisfyingly intimate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
Markets reacted choppily to a much-watched speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell overnight, although most investors leaned further into bets that the Fed will extend its rate pause in November.
From Reuters ● Oct. 20, 2023
The result is a film that’s engaging enough, but choppily paced and oddly inert.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022
The fight scenes, full of swordplay and gunfire, are choppily edited and somehow lackadaisical.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
Night morphed into day as José wallowed choppily though his routines and changed clothes every ten seconds; it was like one of those arty found-footage montage movies.
From Nature ● Mar. 13, 2018
