messily

[ mes-uh-lee ]

adverb

1. in a messy manner.

Word History and Origins

Origin of messily¹

messy + -ly

Example Sentences

Would he have been careful enough to destroy the odd pieces of jute you've left so messily about?

From The Daily Beast

Instead, it just grooves along, almost messily, sounding like what it's about: sex.

From The Daily Beast

A rip or two in his undertunic, a shallow cut from his bush knife allowed to bleed messily.

From Project Gutenberg

Terry was holding the pies so tightly in her fright that her fingers punctured the crust and went messily into the fruit beneath.

From Project Gutenberg

Women have nursed the messily ill and dying, and have tended ghastly wounds during ages of time.

From Project Gutenberg