'Raggedly' definitions:
Definition of 'raggedly'
From: WordNet
adverb
In a ragged uneven manner; "I took the cigarette he offered, drawing at it raggedly" [syn: raggedly, unevenly]
adverb
In a ragged irregular manner; "a stone wall trails raggedly through the woods" [syn: raggedly, stragglingly]
adverb
With a ragged and uneven appearance; "a long beard, raggedly cut" [syn: raggedly, jaggedly]
Definition of 'Raggedly'
From: GCIDE
- Ragged \Rag"ged\ (r[a^]g"g[e^]d), a. [From Rag, n.]
- 1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.] "A ragged noise of mirth." --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Rough; shaggy; rugged. [1913 Webster]
- What shepherd owns those ragged sheep? --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Ragged lady (Bot.), the fennel flower ({Nigella Damascena}).
- Ragged robin (Bot.), a plant of the genus Lychnis (Lychnis Flos-cuculi), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which have the petals cut into narrow lobes.
- Ragged sailor (Bot.), prince's feather ({Polygonum orientale}).
- Ragged school, a free school for poor children, where they are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] -- {Rag"ged*ly}, adv. -- {Rag"ged*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] Raggie
Words containing 'Raggedly'
- Rag,
- Ragged,
- Ragging,
- rag out,
- Rag bolt,
- Rag carpet,
- Rag dust,
- Rag wheel,
- Rag wool,
- Ragged lady,
- Ragged robin,
- Ragged sailor,
- Ragged school,
- Tag and rag,
- rag day,
- rag doll,
- rag gourd,
- rag paper,
- rag trade,
- rag week,
- ragged orchid,
- ragged orchis,
- run ragged,
- Coral-rag,
- Rag tag and bobtail,
- Shag-rag,
- Tag-rag,
- pine-tar rag,
- ragged-fringed orchid