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SCRAWLED
Adjective
scrawled (not comparable)
Having been written in a rapid and sloppy manner.
Verb
scrawled
simple past tense and past participle of scrawl
Anagrams
• arcwelds
Source: Wiktionary
SCRAWL
Scrawl, v. i.
Definition: See Crawl. [Obs.] Latimer.
Scrawl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrawled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrawling.] Etym: [Probably corrupted from scrabble.]
Definition: To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter. His name, scrawled by himself. Macaulay.
Scrawl, v. i.
Definition: To write unskillfully and inelegantly. Though with a golden pen you scrawl. Swift.
Scrawl, n.
Definition: Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written. The left will make such a scrawl, that it will not be legible. Arbuthnot. You bid me write no more than a scrawl to you. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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