messily
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of messily
Example Sentences
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It’s a Sheridan, “Landman” kind of TV world, and a lot of powerful people hope we’ll get hooked on how messily it unfolds.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025
That storyline blurs into a messily amusing cacophony, only serving as a springboard for Petey’s redemption.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2025
Cryptic, uncapitalized, and without a whisper of bedside manner, the messily typed diagnosis was grim: “You have e coli … i hope you didn’t go to italy … we need to txt with antibiotics.”
From Slate • Jan. 2, 2025
The writer-director Alexis Jacknow incorporates these and more, messily so, in her Hulu feature “Clock.”
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023
The guy offers the tablet and I grab it, messily signing the screen with the tip of my finger.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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