sketchy
adjective
like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials.
sketchiness
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a word derived from
sketchy.
Example Sentences
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Directors love Wagner’s operas, which infuse the suggestive sketchiness of parables into clearly conceived plots and characters.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
So rife is the space with scams and sketchiness that a project called Web3 Is Going Just Great finds itself posting numerous updates a day.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2022
Maybe it was that all the other teams at legitimate academic institutions such as DeMatha are willing to sign up to play Bishop Sycamore, no matter its sketchiness.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2021
"All four of them have different levels of sketchiness."
From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2020
We might fancifully call them a pair of native pearls or uncut gems, lovely by reason even of their sketchiness.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by John Addington Symonds
