MESSILY Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

messily

adverb

Definition of messily next

as in untidily

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Recent Examples of messily Exactly how quickly — and how messily — India’s clean energy revolution might play out isn’t yet clear. —

Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026 For the teenager in me who was messily figuring out her sexuality, Keisha and Justin would have been my fictional best friends. —

Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 22 Dec. 2025 The action, messily blocked and shot, is cartoony in an exhausting way. —

Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Nov. 2025 Their networks have succeeded in connecting the world and have become so massive and so messily human that AI slop created by the proprietary LLMs fills a need. —

Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025

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chaotically

Adverb

But just as there’s a difference between depicting chaos and depicting chaotically, there’s a difference between presenting theatergoers with a realistic image of mental illness and driving an audience nuts.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Directed and steered by Alex Timbers, with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg among its executive producers, The Muppet Show keeps things chaotically simple.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026