jotted
Noted in haste
Jotted is the past tense of jot, meaning to write something down quickly and briefly: She jotted a note on the back of an envelope, He jotted down the phone number before he forgot it.
The word implies casual, hasty writing rather than careful composition.
Wrote messily, quickly
- scrawledWrote in messy haste
- doodledDrew without purpose
- sketchedDrew roughly, briefly
- casualRelaxed and informal
rough · unpolished · loose · relaxed · unofficial · offhand · napkin · scratch
Wrote messily, quickly
- marginaliaNotes in page edges
- annotationsExplanatory additions to documents
- memosShort official messages
- scribblingsHurried, messy writing
notepad · post-its · reminders · ideas · thoughts · lists · bullet points · shorthand
Wrote messily, quickly
- roughUneven in surface
- draftPreliminary version of text
- sketchyIncomplete or suspicious
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
raw · unpolished · incomplete · messy · illegible · unfinished · fragmentary · partial
scribbled
Wrote messily, quickly
casual · rough · unpolished · loose · relaxed · unofficial · offhand · napkin · scratch · freeform
scribbled
Wrote messily, quickly
- marginaliaNotes in page edges
- annotationsExplanatory additions to documents
- memosShort official messages
scribblings · notepad · post-its · reminders · ideas · thoughts · lists · bullet points · shorthand · notations
scribbled
Wrote messily, quickly
crude · raw · unpolished · incomplete · messy · illegible · unfinished · fragmentary · partial · preliminary
- took downrecorded, noted, wrote, logged, documented
jottedignored
Purposely not noticed
forgotten · forgot · neglected · overlooked · disregarded
jottedcomposed
Calm and self-possessed
inscribed · transcribed · calligraphed · documented · drafted
jottederased
Removed by rubbing
deleted · rubbed out · crossed out · struck through · expunged
- jotting downWriting briefly, informally
- jotted downWrote briefly, informally