Usually means: In a disorganized or sloppy manner.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word messily:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. messily: Merriam-Webster
  2. messily: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. messily: Collins English Dictionary
  4. messily: Vocabulary.com
  5. messily: Wordnik
  6. messily: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. messily: Wiktionary
  8. messily: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. messily: Dictionary.com
  10. messily: Rhymezone
  11. messily: FreeDictionary.org
  12. messily: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. messily: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. messily: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. messily: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (messily)

▸ adverb:  In a messy manner; sloppily, shoddily.

Similar:
untidily, sloppily, sloppery, slovenly, slipshodly, shabbily, mazily, clumsily, sloshily, unneatly, more...

Opposite:
neatly, tidily, organized, cleanly

Types:
sloppily, clumsily, awkwardly, gracelessly, unskillfully, more...

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Similar:
untidily, sloppily, sloppery, slovenly, slipshodly, shabbily, mazily, clumsily, sloshily, unneatly, more...

Opposite:
neatly, tidily, organized, cleanly

Types:
sloppily, clumsily, awkwardly, gracelessly, unskillfully, more...



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