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Slapdash vs Rakish - What's the difference?

slapdash | rakish |

As adjectives the difference between slapdash and rakish

is that slapdash is done hastily; haphazard; careless while rakish is dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.

As an adverb slapdash

is in a hasty or careless manner.

As a verb slapdash

is to apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.

slapdash

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Done hastily; haphazard; careless.
  • * 2014 , A teacher, " Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian , 23 September 2014:
    • When you're in the front entrance, get a feel for what's going on. Tours are never timed to coincide with breaks but if there are any children milling about, see what they're up to. If they're on a dutiful errand, for example delivering registers, the school probably encourages a responsible attitude. If they're play-fighting in the corridor without consequence, it tells a less impressive story and could mean a slapdash approach to discipline.

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    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a hasty or careless manner.
  • Directly, right there; slap-bang.
    • Van Eyck signed his portrait of the Arnolfinis slapdash in the center of the painting.
  • With a slap; all at once; slap.
    • (Prior)

    Synonyms

    * (in a hasty manner): carelessly, haphazardly, hastily * (directly): directly

    Verb

  • (colloquial) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.
    • to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall
    to slapdash a wall

    rakish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.
    • ... the rakish Dennis Quaid, a Houston native who is moving to Texas in a couple of years and wants it to become "the new Hollywood." (Houston Chronicle, 6/8/2007)
  • (dated) like a rake; dissolute; profligate
  • * Macaulay
    • The arduous task of converting a rakish lover.

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