What's the difference between scrappily and scrappy?

Scrappily


Definition:

  • (adv.) In a scrappy manner; in scraps.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The second period began scrappily, though it needed a fine block by Martin Olsson to defy Navas's close-range effort.

Scrappy


Definition:

  • (a.) Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency; as, a scrappy lecture.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They took 15% in 2010, with the other parties caught in a scrappy three-way struggle in which the winning Lib Dems came in below 30%.
  • (2) We worked awfully hard for this Premier League status and we don’t want to give it up.” Gylfi Sigurdsson’s 61st-minute strike – his sixth goal in 10 games – settled a scrappy Liberty Stadium contest that failed to spark into life until the Iceland international finished from substitute Leroy Fer’s pass.
  • (3) The results may have looked scrappy and provisional but, coupled with initially affordable land prices, this laissez-faire planning strategy seems to have worked, even if much land has since been redeveloped.
  • (4) If American voters (or journalists) still expect their candidates to be – in the words of a popular musical – young, scrappy and hungry, they have not been paying attention.
  • (5) Norwich’s play was more scrappy than usual but they looked the more dangerous side on the occasions when they did manage to piece moves together.
  • (6) "It was sheer quality and class to win what was a scrappy game.
  • (7) Enough that the Nation have been slow to embrace a team of scrappy rough and tumble hard working bearded ballplayers that won 97 games and crushed opponents with their relentless offense.
  • (8) The Black Keys are not underdogs any more, but they maintain a scrappiness of ethos.
  • (9) The following day, outside his church office window, children played on swings in a scrappy playground as he prepared to host yesterday's funeral of Timothy Thomas.
  • (10) 8.29pm BST 42 min: The games got a bit scrappy in recent minutes and is being punctuated by a series of niggly fouls.
  • (11) Inverdale provoked outrage when he said that women's champion Marion Bartoli was "never going to be a looker, you'll never be a Sharapova so you have to be scrappy and fight?
  • (12) Scrappy, barely deserved, victories are hardly Wenger's hallmark but this one delivered an important message to Manchester City and company.
  • (13) 4.55am BST Spurs 95-95 Heat - 5:00 remaining OT Graham Parker (@KidWeil) @HunterFelt Hang on...I just had a scrappy midfield slog to write about.
  • (14) It's been a tight, fairly scrappy start from both sides.
  • (15) 2.04am GMT Final thoughts Was a scrappy affair, enlivened during that brief burst of second half goals.
  • (16) It's all getting a little scrappy again, which will suit Chile down to the ground.
  • (17) The X-Wings are, of course, the scrappy space fighters that the good guys destroy Death Stars in.
  • (18) 6.38pm BST 77 mins: The game has become a bit scrappy now, as tension and tiredness perhaps overcome the players a bit.
  • (19) A French ballistic missile launched from the left foot of Zinedine Zidane on the stroke of half-time proved enough to settle a final that mixed some scrappy, foul-ridden football with touches of the sublime and was rarely short of dramatic impact.
  • (20) O'Sullivan, who had won the afternoon session 5-3, took the first frame of the evening, a scrappy affair in which both players had a number of chances.

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