as in untidily
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Recent Examples of messily
Order surrenders messily to disorder.
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Domenico Starnone, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2025
Domenico Starnone, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for messily
chaotically
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On the other hand, some of them may be acting more rebelliously, chaotically or impulsively.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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The wind had a shape, pulling and yanking chaotically like ocean currents working plants on the seafloor.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Messily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messily. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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