scrappily
- a word derived from scrappy.
Example Sentences
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With a reported $35-million budget, familiar genre bones and a PG-13 rating, “The Boogeyman” may seem the antithesis of the scrappily inventive and sharp-edged, low-budget films that launched Savage’s career.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2023
It was Wannabe - the scrappily brilliant debut single by The Spice Girls.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2021
They also gained attention for “boomer memes” — low-quality, scrappily produced ads that reiterate simple messages by pasting them onto images from popular shows like “Game of Thrones.”
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2019
When America faces turmoil, baseball scrappily grinds out hope.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2016
The 'bus had to be waited for, and in the meantime they talked scrappily, coughily.
From New Grub Street by Gissing, George
