He explained sketchily. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : a sketchy meal. From Dictionary.com.
Now, that, very briefly and very sketchily, is something of the problem that faces the people of Saskatchewan. From Wordnik.com. [Saskatchewan's Postwar Plans] Reference
It is not implied that the artist worked quickly or sketchily. From Wordnik.com. [IMPRESSIONISM IN ART] Reference
All of this is ably if sketchily rendered in "The Great Silence.". From Wordnik.com. [When the Killing Stopped] Reference
Others were retained inside, though kept sketchily away from view. From Wordnik.com. [The Beautiful and Damned] Reference
Remembering, sketchily, the main outlines of his recent scene with. From Wordnik.com. [Crime and Punishment] Reference
The kitchen garden was sketchily cultivated with a few vegetables. From Wordnik.com. [4.50 From Paddington]
He seems more sketchily described than the criminals and the scenery. From Wordnik.com. [Murderers, Marauders And The Dark Side Of London] Reference
The six had agreed on a certain sketchily defined method of procedure. From Wordnik.com. [Turn About Eleanor] Reference
Its saving grace was the humour, and that was sketchily placed at best. From Wordnik.com. [Recent silliness] Reference
Hobson recalled the sequence more sketchily for the FBI two months later. From Wordnik.com. [The Hiss Case: Another Exchange!] Reference
"You do things so sketchily and casually," said FRITH to WHISTLER one day. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919] Reference
I did, but I did it too sketchily when I was vice president and president. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2004] Reference
First, a confession: I can only sketchily remember the taste of this cereal. From Wordnik.com. [The best geeky cereals of the 1980s] Reference
So that very sketchily gives you some idea of the physiographic regions in this state. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
KING: Robin, from what you sketchily know, would you say there's a prosecution coming?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2009] Reference
Once again the man became angry: "How dare you treat such profound matters so sketchily!". From Wordnik.com. [Sharon Salzberg: How To Deal With Praise And Blame] Reference
The associated artwork is sketchily drawn, and shows one of the main scenes of the story. From Wordnik.com. [Murky Depths: Issue Two Review | SciFi UK Review] Reference
The eyebrow motif was echoed in his small black moustache, which hung sketchily above his lips. From Wordnik.com. [A Rude Awakening]
The other characters are often sketchily drawn; they exist only in order to learn from Socrates. From Wordnik.com. [Walter Mosley, Sadly, Deviates From Crime] Reference
Business is sketchily connected to values in such a way that answering that question becomes easy. From Wordnik.com. [Balancing Work and Work] Reference
To read sketchily and diversely is not only a most painful waste of time, but it abuses our brains. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
Edna and Lois gave me stares in which disapproval sheltered sketchily behind a need to keep their jobs. From Wordnik.com. [They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff] Reference
He had shaved sketchily, having no mirror, and was ready to make his sortie, when he heard his name called. From Wordnik.com. [Between Planets]
Saturday night and Sunday morning, April 3rd-4th, most of them already at least sketchily known to the Board. From Wordnik.com. [Board of Visitors minutes] Reference
Basically, this is a pretty self-indulgent personal project, sketchily conceived and not particularly well acted. From Wordnik.com. [Wah Do Dem] Reference
She went on breathing: a bit sketchily at first, but then quite regularly, in shallow body-shaking, audible gasps. From Wordnik.com. [Smokescreen]
Mill argues that this theory can account, however sketchily, for our use of language and how it becomes meaningful. From Wordnik.com. [John Stuart Mill] Reference
More substantively, what a fascinating puzzle, reconstructing people and events that are only sketchily documented. From Wordnik.com. [Acha of Deira and Bernicia: daughter, sister, wife and mother of kings] Reference
Journalist Seymour Hersh described the initiative sketchily in his biography of Henry Kissinger, The Price of Power. From Wordnik.com. [Printing: RFK's Death & the Hope of the Young] Reference
They have never been under Burmese ruleindeed, their territories were only very sketchily occupied even by the British. From Wordnik.com. [As I Please] Reference
The garage was sketchily lighted and almost unheated, but Auburn managed a fairly thorough search of the car by flashlight. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
We know very little about the Realms as the geography, the people and the political structures are sketchily defined at best. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-02-01] Reference
Now when friends confronted Harvey about his questionable choice of lovers, Harvey would sketchily outline Liras troubled past. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
Basically, everything that is unknown is scary, with the sole exception of the exotic love-affair that is only sketchily described. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
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