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choppily

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chop⋅py

  [chop-ee]
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–adjective, -pi⋅er, -pi⋅est.
1. (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
2. (of the wind) shifting or changing suddenly or irregularly; variable.
3. uneven in style or quality or characterized by poorly related parts: The book was a choppy first novel.
Origin:
1595–1605; chop 2 + -y 1

Related forms:
chop⋅pi⋅ly, adverb
chop⋅pi⋅ness, noun
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chop·py 1   (chŏp'ē)   
adj.   chop·pi·er, chop·pi·est
Having many small waves; rough: choppy seas.

[From chop1.]
chop'pi·ly adv., chop'pi·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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