as in chaotically
in a careless or unfashionable manner
when she arrived at work this morning she was sloppily dressed, and her hair was unkempt
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Recent Examples of sloppily
Criticism rained down on the city from animal rights groups and residents fearful of seeing animals being sloppily butchered in broad daylight in their neighbor’s yard.
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John Carlisle, Freep.com, 31 May 2025
John Carlisle, Freep.com, 31 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sloppily
chaotically
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An inner radiative zone (makes up 70 percent of the Sun by radius), where energy flows smoothly and the whole region spins together like a solid ball, and the outer convective zone (the remaining 30 percent), where hot gases swirl chaotically and spin at different speeds depending on location.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Where most fields twist chaotically and scramble the signal, Punctum’s fields are highly aligned.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Sloppily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloppily. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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