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Without accuracy any attempt at brilliancy must result in "mussiness."

From Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression by Cooke, James Francis

"Things had got to that state of mussiness, that you just began at one end and worked through to the other, and every inch looked new made over after you as you went along."

From Real Folks by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

Again and again he nearly lost his balance, in his violent attempts to dress his beautiful plumage, and remove the last remnant of nest mussiness.

From A Bird-Lover in the West by Miller, Olive Thorne

Particular care must be taken in serving the refreshments to avoid any accidents or mussiness.

From Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 by Watson, Lillian Eichler

Ices are now served at garden-parties in small paper cups placed on ice-plates—a fashion which is very neat, and which saves much of the mussiness which has heretofore been a feature of these entertainments.

From Manners and Social Usages by Sherwood, Mrs. John M. E. W.