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sketchy (adj.)
1805, "having the form or character of a sketch," from
sketch
(n.) +
-y
(2). Colloquial sense of "unsubstantial, imperfect, flimsy" is from 1878, perhaps via the notion of "unfinished." Related:
Sketchily
;
sketchiness
.
