raggedly
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rag·ged
(răg′ĭd)adj.
1. Tattered, frayed, or torn: ragged clothes.
2. Dressed in tattered or threadbare clothes: a ragged scarecrow.
3. Unkempt or shaggy: ragged hair.
4. Having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline: a column of text set with a ragged right margin.
5. Imperfect; uneven: The actor gave a ragged performance.
6. Harsh; rasping: a ragged cough.
7. Exhausted or worn out: Don't run yourself ragged preparing for the holidays.
[Middle English, from ragge, rag; see rag1.]
rag′ged·ly adv.
rag′ged·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | raggedly - in a ragged uneven manner; "I took the cigarette he offered, drawing at it raggedly" |
2. | raggedly - in a ragged irregular manner; "a stone wall trails raggedly through the woods" | |
3. | raggedly - with a ragged and uneven appearance; "a long beard, raggedly cut" |
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Translations
بِصورَةٍ خَشِنَه او رَثَّه
v cárech
tuskulega, tötralega
v zdrapoch
eski püsküyırtık pırtık
raggedly
[ˈrægɪdlɪ] ADV he was raggedly dressed → iba vestido con andrajos or haraposthey marched raggedly up and down → marchaban arriba y abajo de forma desordenada
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
raggedly
adv
(= in torn clothes) dress → abgerissen, zerlumpt
(= unevenly) → stotternd, unregelmäßig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rag
(rӕg) noun a piece of old, torn or worn cloth. I'll polish my bike with this old rag.
ˈragged (ˈrӕgid) adjective1. dressed in old, worn or torn clothing. a ragged beggar.
2. torn. ragged clothes.
3. rough or uneven; not straight or smooth. a ragged edge.
ˈraggedly adverbˈraggedness noun
rags noun plural
old, worn or torn clothes. The beggar was dressed in rags.
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