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Definition of Scrawl
1. Noun. Poor handwriting.
Generic synonyms: Hand, Handwriting, Script
Specialized synonyms: Chicken Scratch, Squiggle
Derivative terms: Scribble
2. Verb. Write carelessly.
Definition of Scrawl
1. v. i. See Crawl.
2. v. t. To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter.
3. v. i. To write unskillfully and inelegantly.
4. n. Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written.
Definition of Scrawl
1. Noun. An Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting. ¹
2. Noun. A hastily, or carelessly written note etc. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To write something hastily or illegibly. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To write in an irregular or illegible manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scrawl
1. to write hastily or illegibly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrawl
Literary usage of Scrawl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"scrawl As a seal, see "Seal. ... is not a "scrawl by way of seal," within the
Missouri statute providing that the signer of a sealed instrument must affix a ..."
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