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Etymology
Etymology tree English messy Middle English -ly English -ly English messily From messy + -ly.
Meanings
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In a messy manner; sloppily, shoddily.
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, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2019: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more messily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most messily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
pl bałaganiarsko (in a messy manner)