Usually means: In a sloppy or unkempt manner.
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  1. scruffily: Merriam-Webster
  2. scruffily: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scruffily: Collins English Dictionary
  4. scruffily: Vocabulary.com
  5. scruffily: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. scruffily: Wiktionary
  7. scruffily: Dictionary.com
  8. scruffily: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adverb:  In a scruffy way.

Similar:
scrubbily, scratchily, scraggily, scuzzily, scabrously, gruffily, gruffly, scrawnily, squiffily, scurfily, more...

Opposite:
neatly, tidily, smartly, cleanly

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Similar:
scrubbily, scratchily, scraggily, scuzzily, scabrously, gruffily, gruffly, scrawnily, squiffily, scurfily, more...

Opposite:
neatly, tidily, smartly, cleanly



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