scribbley

English

Adjective

scribbley (comparative scribblier, superlative scribbliest)

  1. Alternative spelling of scribbly.
    • 2000, Blaine M[ichael] Yorgason, “Part Three: The Greenhorn”, in Curly Bill’s Gift (Hearts Afire; 3), Salt Lake City, Ut.: Shadow Mountain, →ISBN, page 375:
      And while Bill Ball grew silent again, Billy pulled a pencil stub from his shirt and began scratching a few scribbley lines in his daybook.
    • 2006 December 5, Michiko Kakutani, “Books of the Times: Anxiety, Illustrated”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 February 2025:
      This capacious collection reminds us that her scribbley drawings are deceptively childlike, that they are actually shrewdly detailed word and picture concoctions that reinvent the cartoon form, even as they capture the oddness, discontinuity and plain absurdity of the world around us.
    • 2009, Connie-Anne Barrett, “Superheroes Are Human”, in Faith Undiluted: Day by Day Devotions, Greenville, S.C.; Belfast: Ambassador International, →ISBN, page 123:
      Ever since I was a wee girl I pictured the apostles in my mind’s eye as squeaky-clean, picture-perfect people who had their faith down to an art. These flawless and faultless men wore white robes and holy halos. I was so sure that they were the untouchables, no matter how hard anyone tried no one could come close to their saintliness. My scribbley crayon-colourings in Sunday school were never up to scratch.
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