Definition of MESSILY

messily

Adverb

  • In an untidy, disorganized, or dirty manner.
  • in a messy, untidy manner
    • "Rossi spat very deliberately, and very messily, upon Durieux's party card"

Adv

  • In a messy manner; sloppily, shoddily.

Examples

  • He played his tiles messily, scattering them across the board without strategic placement.

Origin / Etymology

From messy + -ly.

Synonyms

untidily

Scrabble Score: 12

messily: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
messily: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
messily: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

messily: valid Words With Friends Word