What does messily mean?

messily means "in a messy, untidy manner".

How many syllables are in messily?

messily has 3 syllables: mes-si-ly. The stress falls on "mes".

What is another word for messily?

Close synonyms include untidily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is messily a common word?

messily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

messily — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in a messy, untidy manner
“Rossi spat very deliberately, and very messily, upon Durieux's party card”
Synonymsuntidily

Questions about messily

What does messily mean?: messily means "in a messy, untidy manner".
How many syllables are in messily?: messily has 3 syllables: mes-si-ly. The stress falls on "mes".
What is another word for messily?: Close synonyms include untidily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is messily a common word?: messily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for messily come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in a messy, untidy manner
“Rossi spat very deliberately, and very messily, upon Durieux's party card”
Synonymsuntidily

Questions about messily

What does messily mean?: messily means "in a messy, untidy manner".
How many syllables are in messily?: messily has 3 syllables: mes-si-ly. The stress falls on "mes".
What is another word for messily?: Close synonyms include untidily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is messily a common word?: messily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for messily come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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