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Definition of Scratchily
1. in a scratchy manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scratchily
Literary usage of Scratchily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1894)
"The report * scratchily written : possibly 'paid'; was false: she died 3 Apr.
1/30. See ie though he invited Wood to walk 30 March infra. there with him, ..."
2. The Letters of Henry James by Henry James (1920)
"... to invoke thus scratchily your fine friendly attention and to reassure you of
the constant sympathy and fidelity of yours, my dear Arthur, ..."
3. The Letters of Henry James by Henry James (1920)
"... to invoke thus scratchily your fine friendly attention and to reassure you of
the constant sympathy and fidelity of yours, my dear Arthur, ..."
4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1903)
"Look," said Taffy, drawing very hard and rather scratchily, " now I've drawn you,
and I've put the spear that Daddy wants into your hand, just to remind you ..."
5. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1889)
"The eggs are normally four in number, of the usual shape and colour, but more
scratchily blotched tban usual. Ceylon eggs measured about 1-10 by -87. 1447. ..."
6. The Soul of Russia by Winifred Stephens Whale (1916)
"On the back is very scratchily inscribed the following variant of what appears
on the back of the other cross, also from the ..."
7. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology by Society of Biblical Archaeology (1905)
"The design is here also extremely poor and scratchily executed. On the back is
the inscription— •i " These gods say: We come as a protection and life every ..."
8. Oxf. Hist. Soc by Oxford Historical Society (1894)
"The report ' scratchily written : possibly 'paid'; was false: she died 3 Apr.
1730. See ie though he invited Wood to walk 30 March infra. there with him, ..."
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