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slapdash

/ˈslæpdæʃ/
verb
  1. To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.

    "to slapdash a wall"

adjective
  1. Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless.

adverb
  1. In a hasty or careless manner.

  2. Directly, right there; slap-bang.

    "Van Eyck signed his portrait of the Arnolfinis slapdash in the center of the painting."

  3. With a slap; all at once; slap.

Synonymscarelessly, haphazardly, hastily, directly

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