CHOPPILY Synonyms

• marked by abrupt transitions

• rough with small waves

• lacking orderly continuity

• taken apart at the joints

• separated at the joint

• having a sharply uneven surface or outline

• having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

• meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

• lacking a steady rhythm

• marked by abrupt transitions

• having or revealing stupidity

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

• affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm

• occurring in spells and often abruptly

• not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture

• not divisible by two

• (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents

• variable and recurring at irregular intervals

• lacking consistency