scrappily

In patchwork fashion

In a scrappy manner—with feisty determination or combative energy despite limited resources or size.

The underdog team played scrappily, refusing to give up.

The word can also describe something done in a rough, piecemeal fashion: The report was scrappily assembled from various sources.

haphazard

chaotic

Totally without arrangement

scattershot · aimless · unplanned · erratic · patchy · jumbled · helter-skelter · unmethodical · piecemeal · fragmented

combative

feisty

Aggressively spirited

spirited · determined · dogged · gutsy · gritty · spunky · fiery · aggressive · defiant · fighting

rushed

hurried

Done too quickly

  • hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
  • quickMoving with speed
  • speedyCharacterized by quickness

precipitate · brisk · frenetic · breakneck · rapid · haste · whirlwind · cursory · spur-of-the-moment · last-minute

messy

cluttered

Crowded with disorder

disorderly · unkempt · rumpled · bedraggled · shambolic · slipshod · frowzy · tousled · raggedy · scruffy

Opposites
manner of conflict/aggression

scrappilypeaceably

Without violence or strife

peacefully · amicably · harmoniously · cooperatively · placidly

smoothness/elegance of execution

scrappilyelegantly

With tasteful grace

smoothly · gracefully · fluidly · seamlessly · deftly

organization/coherence

scrappilysystematically

In organized, planned fashion

methodically · coherently · neatly · tidily · orderly

Family

scrapping, scrappiness

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