ramshackly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characteristic of something ramshackle; in disrepair; appearing ready to collapse; rickety.
adj
Example Sentences
- "It is a good thing that Sir John has managed to let the ramshackly old place to any one,” he said."
- "Who'd buy this ole ramshackly house I'd like to know?"
- "“How could you tell me that it was a ramshackly old Mexican house we were coming to? It is as beautiful as the most beautiful palace in a dream!”"
- ""Good morning, Mr. Tutt!" chirped Tutt, hopping out of the ramshackly taxi at five o'clock Thursday morning, just as his equally ramshackly partner emerged fishing rod in hand from the door of the Phoenix House on his way to Chasm Brook."
- "And finally she slew to a ramshackly halt in a ramshackly heap with the rest of the Sufrogs."
- "Mr. Forster twice calls his work "ramshackly." Here and there it is a bit ramshackly, as in the pages on Defoe and in the brief speculations on the future of the novel. But speaking generally, it has order and it has comprehensiveness."
Etymology
From ramshackle + -y.
Inflected Forms
more ramshackly (comparative)
most ramshackly (superlative)