messily
messily adverb: in a messy manner; sloppily, shoddily.
Adverb
messily (comparative more messily, superlative most messily)
- In a messy manner; sloppily, shoddily.
- The Commander's aim was off sending it messily over the back of the sensor officer's bulbous head instead.2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 19
- The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messily necking it in one.2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC...
messily meaning in Urdu
messily in Urdu
- بےترتیبی سے
Forms of messily
| comparative | more messily |
|---|---|
| superlative | most messily |
Origin of messily
From messy + -ly.
Questions about messily
- What does messily mean?
- Messily means in a messy manner; sloppily, shoddily.
- What is messily in Urdu?
- Messily in Urdu is بےترتیبی سے. See Messily meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is messily?
- Messily is an adverb.
Words near messily in the dictionary
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