Definition of scatty in English:

scatty

adjectivescattiest, scattier ˈskatiˈskædi

British informal

Absent-minded and disorganized.
〈非正式〉心不在焉的，精神不集中的
Julia sees herself as vaguely uneducated and slightly scatty
Example sentencesExamples
- Slightly scatty, she is perceived as neurotic, which seems par for the course in the New York she inhabits.
- Another advantage/disadvantage depending on how scatty you are is that an individual PC card will only work with a particular notebook.
- I recommend a mobile phone to make her look not like a scatty old lady but a busy executive on the job.
- As scatty or daft as I may come across here at times, work is hugely important to me, a very close second to Willow to be quite honest.
- He's always told Sadie her staff are scatty and unreliable - and now he feels he's been left looking stupid.
- All these glimpses are to lead us towards the conclusion that these women are all incredibly powerful, yet retain a sort of scatty charm.
- Ross did try, but he was too scatty to organise anything.
- But despite the slightly scatty appearance and manner he had, Katie thought he looked, kind of capable.
- A scatty young woman decides to bring her family together by cooking Thanksgiving dinner in her tiny New York apartment.
- He might sound like a motormouth, he might sounds scatty and a little out of focus.
- Does having a scatty heroine, rather than a gormless hero, on the case affect the parody?
- His scatty style might seem to some carefully contrived, but through the chinks of his eccentricity something else comes through: genuine sweetness and innocence.
- She has a kindly, slightly scatty manner and a lively twinkle in her eye.
- They job is making sure that scatty, ill-disciplined journalists sound like they actually know what they're talking about.
- The door was unlocked, thanks to our rather scatty tutor.
- As for Elliot, she's as scatty as a fruit fly, the constant butt of Cox's cutting jokes.
- We are all in our 50s, so we're not scatty teenagers.
- Seriously scatty, it was almost as if she was oblivious to her surroundings and continued to live exactly as she had in Manhattan.
- By this stage I should tell you about Michelle, our slightly scatty, but very likeable waitress, who had assured me that the lobster was wonderful.
- Something of that scatty, archaic, tender quality creeps into Garnett's book, too.
Synonyms
foolish, stupid, unintelligent, idiotic, brainless, mindless, witless, imbecilic, imbecile, doltish

Derivatives

scattily

adverb

British

informal

It has an improvisatory feel rarely found in western, sit-up-straight restaurants, a scattily panicked vitality as bracing as its rough peasant dishes.
Example sentencesExamples
- Though the book lacks varnish - it's more scattily anecdotal than coherent - it's full of intimate glimpses of the sort that no biographer can reproduce.
- The teacher taking detention was scattily looking through his own teaching folders for the list of students that should have been in attendance that afternoon.

scattiness

noun ˈskatɪnəsˈskædinəs

British

informal

The enlightening thing about Gidden's tract is its scattiness, historical amnesia and implicit authoritarianism.
Example sentencesExamples
- She seems very similar to me in character so it amuses me to see bits of me in her like my scattiness.
- The Champions League holders are a joy to watch but their scattiness does find them out now and again.
- There is a certain scattiness, as well as scruple, in the authors' methods.

Origin

Early 20th century: abbreviation of scatterbrained.

Rhymes

batty, bratty, catty, chatty, Cincinnati, Dolcelatte, fatty, flattie, Hattie, natty, patty, ratty, Satie, Scarlatti, Tati, tattie, tatty

Definition of scatty in US English:

scatty

adjectiveˈskadēˈskædi

British informal

Absentminded and disorganized.
〈非正式〉心不在焉的，精神不集中的
Julia sees herself as vaguely uneducated and slightly scatty
Example sentencesExamples
- All these glimpses are to lead us towards the conclusion that these women are all incredibly powerful, yet retain a sort of scatty charm.
- I recommend a mobile phone to make her look not like a scatty old lady but a busy executive on the job.
- Seriously scatty, it was almost as if she was oblivious to her surroundings and continued to live exactly as she had in Manhattan.
- As for Elliot, she's as scatty as a fruit fly, the constant butt of Cox's cutting jokes.
- She has a kindly, slightly scatty manner and a lively twinkle in her eye.
- His scatty style might seem to some carefully contrived, but through the chinks of his eccentricity something else comes through: genuine sweetness and innocence.
- Does having a scatty heroine, rather than a gormless hero, on the case affect the parody?
- By this stage I should tell you about Michelle, our slightly scatty, but very likeable waitress, who had assured me that the lobster was wonderful.
- He might sound like a motormouth, he might sounds scatty and a little out of focus.
- He's always told Sadie her staff are scatty and unreliable - and now he feels he's been left looking stupid.
- The door was unlocked, thanks to our rather scatty tutor.
- Ross did try, but he was too scatty to organise anything.
- As scatty or daft as I may come across here at times, work is hugely important to me, a very close second to Willow to be quite honest.
- A scatty young woman decides to bring her family together by cooking Thanksgiving dinner in her tiny New York apartment.
- We are all in our 50s, so we're not scatty teenagers.
- Something of that scatty, archaic, tender quality creeps into Garnett's book, too.
- But despite the slightly scatty appearance and manner he had, Katie thought he looked, kind of capable.
- Slightly scatty, she is perceived as neurotic, which seems par for the course in the New York she inhabits.
- Another advantage/disadvantage depending on how scatty you are is that an individual PC card will only work with a particular notebook.
- They job is making sure that scatty, ill-disciplined journalists sound like they actually know what they're talking about.
Synonyms
foolish, stupid, unintelligent, idiotic, brainless, mindless, witless, imbecilic, imbecile, doltish

Origin

Early 20th century: abbreviation of scatterbrained.

词汇	scatty
释义	Definition of scatty in English: scatty adjectivescattiest, scattier ˈskatiˈskædi British informal Absent-minded and disorganized. 〈非正式〉心不在焉的，精神不集中的 Julia sees herself as vaguely uneducated and slightly scatty Example sentencesExamples Slightly scatty, she is perceived as neurotic, which seems par for the course in the New York she inhabits. Another advantage/disadvantage depending on how scatty you are is that an individual PC card will only work with a particular notebook. I recommend a mobile phone to make her look not like a scatty old lady but a busy executive on the job. As scatty or daft as I may come across here at times, work is hugely important to me, a very close second to Willow to be quite honest. He's always told Sadie her staff are scatty and unreliable - and now he feels he's been left looking stupid. All these glimpses are to lead us towards the conclusion that these women are all incredibly powerful, yet retain a sort of scatty charm. Ross did try, but he was too scatty to organise anything. But despite the slightly scatty appearance and manner he had, Katie thought he looked, kind of capable. A scatty young woman decides to bring her family together by cooking Thanksgiving dinner in her tiny New York apartment. He might sound like a motormouth, he might sounds scatty and a little out of focus. Does having a scatty heroine, rather than a gormless hero, on the case affect the parody? His scatty style might seem to some carefully contrived, but through the chinks of his eccentricity something else comes through: genuine sweetness and innocence. She has a kindly, slightly scatty manner and a lively twinkle in her eye. They job is making sure that scatty, ill-disciplined journalists sound like they actually know what they're talking about. The door was unlocked, thanks to our rather scatty tutor. As for Elliot, she's as scatty as a fruit fly, the constant butt of Cox's cutting jokes. We are all in our 50s, so we're not scatty teenagers. Seriously scatty, it was almost as if she was oblivious to her surroundings and continued to live exactly as she had in Manhattan. By this stage I should tell you about Michelle, our slightly scatty, but very likeable waitress, who had assured me that the lobster was wonderful. Something of that scatty, archaic, tender quality creeps into Garnett's book, too. Synonyms foolish, stupid, unintelligent, idiotic, brainless, mindless, witless, imbecilic, imbecile, doltish Derivatives scattily adverb British informal It has an improvisatory feel rarely found in western, sit-up-straight restaurants, a scattily panicked vitality as bracing as its rough peasant dishes. Example sentencesExamples Though the book lacks varnish - it's more scattily anecdotal than coherent - it's full of intimate glimpses of the sort that no biographer can reproduce. The teacher taking detention was scattily looking through his own teaching folders for the list of students that should have been in attendance that afternoon. scattiness noun ˈskatɪnəsˈskædinəs British informal The enlightening thing about Gidden's tract is its scattiness, historical amnesia and implicit authoritarianism. Example sentencesExamples She seems very similar to me in character so it amuses me to see bits of me in her like my scattiness. The Champions League holders are a joy to watch but their scattiness does find them out now and again. There is a certain scattiness, as well as scruple, in the authors' methods. Origin Early 20th century: abbreviation of scatterbrained. Rhymes batty, bratty, catty, chatty, Cincinnati, Dolcelatte, fatty, flattie, Hattie, natty, patty, ratty, Satie, Scarlatti, Tati, tattie, tatty Definition of scatty in US English: scatty adjectiveˈskadēˈskædi British informal Absentminded and disorganized. 〈非正式〉心不在焉的，精神不集中的 Julia sees herself as vaguely uneducated and slightly scatty Example sentencesExamples All these glimpses are to lead us towards the conclusion that these women are all incredibly powerful, yet retain a sort of scatty charm. I recommend a mobile phone to make her look not like a scatty old lady but a busy executive on the job. Seriously scatty, it was almost as if she was oblivious to her surroundings and continued to live exactly as she had in Manhattan. As for Elliot, she's as scatty as a fruit fly, the constant butt of Cox's cutting jokes. She has a kindly, slightly scatty manner and a lively twinkle in her eye. His scatty style might seem to some carefully contrived, but through the chinks of his eccentricity something else comes through: genuine sweetness and innocence. Does having a scatty heroine, rather than a gormless hero, on the case affect the parody? By this stage I should tell you about Michelle, our slightly scatty, but very likeable waitress, who had assured me that the lobster was wonderful. He might sound like a motormouth, he might sounds scatty and a little out of focus. He's always told Sadie her staff are scatty and unreliable - and now he feels he's been left looking stupid. The door was unlocked, thanks to our rather scatty tutor. Ross did try, but he was too scatty to organise anything. As scatty or daft as I may come across here at times, work is hugely important to me, a very close second to Willow to be quite honest. A scatty young woman decides to bring her family together by cooking Thanksgiving dinner in her tiny New York apartment. We are all in our 50s, so we're not scatty teenagers. Something of that scatty, archaic, tender quality creeps into Garnett's book, too. But despite the slightly scatty appearance and manner he had, Katie thought he looked, kind of capable. Slightly scatty, she is perceived as neurotic, which seems par for the course in the New York she inhabits. Another advantage/disadvantage depending on how scatty you are is that an individual PC card will only work with a particular notebook. They job is making sure that scatty, ill-disciplined journalists sound like they actually know what they're talking about. Synonyms foolish, stupid, unintelligent, idiotic, brainless, mindless, witless, imbecilic, imbecile, doltish Origin Early 20th century: abbreviation of scatterbrained.
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