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messily

adv

Etymology

From messy + -ly.

  1. derived from missum
  2. derived from mes
  3. derived from mēnsa — “table; meal”
  4. inherited from mēse
  5. inherited from mes
  6. suffixed as messy — “mess + -y”
  7. suffixed as messily — “messy + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a messy manner

    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.
    • 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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA