messily
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of messily
Example Sentences
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And by the next year, the two lovebirds had been happily married and messily divorced.
From Salon • May 5, 2025
It was a bottom-up process, messily divided between three distinct code-making organizations until the 1990s, when the International Code Council was created.
From Slate • Feb. 28, 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 movie concludes, some three hours and roughly three decades later, with something no less messily eruptive.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2022
Eventually, after going back and forth, in his mind about who he’d want to live with, and messily jotting his thoughts in the notebook, the smooth, dark road hypnotized Genie, finally coaxing him to sleep.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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