Messily

Synonyms for "messily" (52 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Adverb(3 words)

untidily carelessly chaotically

airilyany old wayany which wayanyhow bunglingly carelessly casually clumsily

Strong matches (15)

Adverb(4 words)

clumsily dirtily grungily haphazardly

cursorily disregardfully forgetfully haphazardly heedlesslyhelter skelterhelter-skelterhit and misshit or missinattentively

Adjective(1 words)

Related words (26)

inconsiderately offhand offhandedlyonce over lightlyperfunctorily promiscuously recklessly regardlessly slapdash sloppily tactlessly thoughtlessly unguardedly unheedfully unheedingly unmindfully unsolicitously unthinkingly unvigilantly unwarily

Noun(1 words)

most unorganized

Adverb(4 words)

mudily piggishly sloppily sordidly

Adjective(1 words)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

2 entries

adverbmanner adverb

More specific

6 entries

carelessly chaotically clumsily haphazardly sloppily untidily

Collocations

6 entries

messily arranged datamessily described methodsmessily labeled graphsmessily organized tablesmessily presented resultsmessily written manuscript

Inflections

2 entries

more messilymost messily

Derivations

3 entries

mess messiness messy

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The Commander's aim was off sending it messily over the back of the sensor officer's bulbous head instead.

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