scrabbly
[ skrab-lee ]
adjective,scrab·bli·er, scrab·bli·est.
insignificantly small or sparse: scrabbly tufts of grass sprouting from the parched lawn.
scratchy; raspy.
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How to use scrabbly in a sentence
I wrote you a scrabbly note from Ravenna a few days since—but I must follow it up, without delay, with something better.
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