sketchy
adjective
like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials.
sketchiest
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superlativeof sketchy.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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He messaged Lutz about his experiences: “It was definitely the sketchiest thing I have ever had to do.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
“The majority gives only the sketchiest of reasons for reversing Teague’s watershed exception,” Kagan wrote.
From Slate ● May 17, 2021
Over two recording sessions for Columbia Records in early 1959, Davis would hand out the sketchiest of outlines for the music and leave the rest to extemporization.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2020
My last job had been working at the juice bar of a funky, not-too-clean health food store in one of the sketchiest neighborhoods in L.A.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2012
The sketchiest summary of his early and late activities brings out the singleness of the central purpose moving through his life.
From Letters of Franklin K. Lane by Louise Herrick Wall
