messily adverb (UNTIDILY)in a way that is not tidy or produces dirt and mess: He wrote messily with a fountain pen.
In simple words, an adverb is a word that describes verbs. Adverbs are also used to add or modify the meaning of an adjective, a verb, a preposition, a sentence, a clause. They also act as a verb phrase which includes a verb and its dependents. For example, 'A man is moving.
: full of or covered with grime : dirty. Other Words from grimy Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Learn More About grimy.
An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb (he sings loudly), an adjective (very tall), another adverb (ended too quickly), or even a whole sentence (Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella). Adverbs often end in -ly, but some (such as fast) look exactly the same as their adjective counterparts.
: made dirty or grimy : covered with grime The images in the newspaper and magazine photographs and on the television evening news programs were the begrimed and haggard faces of Marines in peril.—
chaotic, cluttered, confused, dirty, dishevelled, disordered, disorganized, grubby, littered, muddled, scuzzy (slang, chiefly U.S.) shambolic (informal) sloppy (informal) slovenly, unkempt, untidy.
adjective. A messy person or activity makes things dirty or not neat. She was a good, if messy, cook. Synonyms: disorganized, sloppy [informal], untidy, slovenly More Synonyms of messy.
Noun. Messy m (genitive Messys, plural Messys) Alternative spelling of Messie.
Antonym of MessyWord. Antonym. Messy. Neat, Tidy. Get definition and list of more Antonym and Synonym in English Grammar.
Rodney was fighting futilely against them as his red hair fell messily into his terror-stricken green eyes.Once she'd gotten there in his presence, all her organized thoughts dissipated into a messily arranged array of emotions.
with a tendency to become extremely inebriated and/or to get sick from over imbibing drugs or alcohol. You have to be careful going out with him, he can get kind of messy.
mess (noun) mess (verb) mess hall (noun) pottage (noun)
I screamed, but a meaty hand clamped over my mouth.
meaty ​Definitions and Synonyms.
| adjective | meaty |
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| superlative | meatiest |
pronunciation: me si features: Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts. part of speech: adjective.
Big has many other senses as an adjective and a few as an adverb and a noun. Big can describe things that are tall, wide, massive, or plentiful. It's a synonym of words such as large, great, and huge, describing something as being notably high in number or scale in some way.
Most adverbs are formed by adding -ly to the end of the related adjective. Exceptionally, words which end in -ble drop off the -e before -ly is added. So do the words true and due.
be in a mess: The company was in a complete mess when she took over. get into a mess: I don't know how we got into this mess.
mess ​Definitions and Synonyms ​‌‌
Politics has always been a messy business. The outcome of the debate was a messy compromise.
messy ​Definitions and Synonyms.
| adjective | messy |
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| superlative | messiest |
