messily
In untidy fashion
In a messy manner—disorderly, untidy, or lacking neatness.
The toddler ate messily, smearing food across his face.
The word extends to situations handled without care or precision: The project ended messily, with lawsuits and accusations.
In untidy fashion
- sloppilyIn an untidy manner
- scruffilyIn untidy manner
- raggedlyIn uneven, frayed fashion
- grubbilyIn a dirty way
shaggily · frumpily · tattily · slovenly · dowdily · untidily · tousled · wrinkled
In an untidy manner
- negligentlyWith culpable inattention
- heedlesslyWithout paying attention
- thoughtlesslyWithout care or reflection
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
inattentively · hastily · carelessly · perfunctorily · slipshod · remissly · offhandedly · cursorily
Without order or plan
- confusedlyIn a bewildered state
- unsystematicallyWithout organized method
- randomlyWithout deliberate selection
- higgledy-piggledyIn confused disorder
pell-mell · topsy-turvy · helter-skelter · chaotically · untidily · shambolic
With mawkish excess
- splashilyIn an ostentatious manner
- stickilyIn adhesive manner
- sloppilyIn an untidy manner
- smudgilyIn a blurred, streaked way
greasily · grimily · mushily · squishily · oozily · slimily · soggily
In an agitated manner
- tumultuouslyIn a wildly agitated manner
- franticallyIn desperate haste
- wildlyWithout control or moderation
- confusedlyIn a bewildered state
frenziedly · hectically · tempestuously · stormily · madly · riotously · feverishly · convulsively
disheveledly
In untidy fashion
grubbily · shaggily · frumpily · tattily · slovenly · dowdily · untidily · tousled · wrinkled · crumpled
sloppily
In an untidy manner
- negligentlyWith culpable inattention
- heedlesslyWithout paying attention
- thoughtlesslyWithout care or reflection
recklessly · inattentively · hastily · carelessly · perfunctorily · slipshod · remissly · offhandedly · cursorily · shoddily
haphazardly
Without order or plan
- confusedlyIn a bewildered state
- unsystematicallyWithout organized method
- randomlyWithout deliberate selection
higgledy-piggledy · pell-mell · topsy-turvy · helter-skelter · chaotically · untidily · shambolic
drippily
With mawkish excess
smudgily · greasily · grimily · mushily · squishily · oozily · slimily · soggily
turbulently
In an agitated manner
- tumultuouslyIn a wildly agitated manner
- franticallyIn desperate haste
- wildlyWithout control or moderation
confusedly · frenziedly · hectically · tempestuously · stormily · madly · riotously · feverishly · convulsively · uproariously
messilycarefully
With deliberate attention
neatly · meticulously · precisely · methodically · systematically