Scrappy vs Scrappily - What's the difference?
scrappy | scrappily |
Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency.
(informal) Having an aggressive spirit; inclined to fight or strive.
* 2012 , Mark Rice-Oxley, Underneath the Lemon Tree
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As an adjective scrappy
is consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency.As an adverb scrappily is
in a scrappy manner.scrappy
English
Adjective
(er)- In those days PGS [Portsmouth Grammar School] was full of sadistic staff and scrappy boys called things like Smudger, Muzz and Titch.
Keeping the mighty honest, passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.}}