scrawly

Variant of scrawl

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to write, draw, or mark awkwardly, hastily, or carelessly; esp., to write with sprawling, poorly formed letters

Origin: < ? scratch + sprawl

noun

  1. sprawling, often illegible handwriting
  2. something scrawled

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