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scribbly

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scrib·ble   (skrĭb'əl)   
v.   scrib·bled, scrib·bling, scrib·bles

v.   tr.

  1. To write hurriedly without heed to legibility or style.

  2. To cover with scribbles, doodles, or meaningless marks.

v.   intr.
To write or draw in a hurried careless way.
n.  

  1. Careless hurried writing.

  2. Meaningless marks and lines.


[Middle English scriblen, probably from scriben, to write, from Latin scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
scrib'bly adj.
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