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untidily

untidily adverb: in an untidy manner.

Adverb

untidily (comparative more untidily, superlative most untidily)

  1. In an untidy manner.
    • when we entered Helen was greeted with a sharp reprimand, and told that tomorrow she should have half-a-dozen of untidily folded articles pinned to her shoulder.1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter VIII, in Jane Eyre. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC
    • When Marilla came up for the light various skimpy articles of raiment scattered most untidily over the floor and a certain tempestuous appearance of the bed were the only indications of any presence save her own.1908 June, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, chapter 3, in Anne of Green Gables, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, →OCLC

untidily meaning in Bengali

untidily in Bengali

untidily
অগোছালোভাবে ogōchalōbhabe

Forms of untidily

comparativemore untidily
superlativemost untidily

Origin of untidily

From untidy + -ly or un- + tidily.

Questions about untidily

What does untidily mean?
Untidily means in an untidy manner.
What is untidily in Bengali?
Untidily in Bengali is অগোছালোভাবে (ogōchalōbhabe). See Untidily meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is untidily?
Untidily is an adverb.

Words near untidily in the dictionary

  1. untidal
  2. untidied
  3. untidier
  4. untidies
  5. untidiest
  6. untidily
  7. untidiness
  8. untidinesses
  9. untidy
  10. untidying
  11. untidyness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: untidily (page history and authors); অগোছালোভাবে (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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