Raggedly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough;


        jagged; as, ragged rocks.
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     3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.]
        "A ragged noise of mirth." --Herbert.
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     4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.
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     5. Rough; shaggy; rugged.
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              What shepherd owns those ragged sheep? --Dryden.
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     {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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  raggedly
       adv 1: in a ragged uneven manner; "I took the cigarette he offered,
              drawing at it raggedly" [syn: {unevenly}]
       2: in a ragged irregular manner; "a stone wall trails raggedly
          through the woods" [syn: {stragglingly}]
       3: with a ragged and uneven appearance; "a long beard, raggedly
          cut" [syn: {jaggedly}]