messily

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messy +‎ -ly

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messily (comparative more messily, superlative most messily)

  1. In a messy manner; sloppily, shoddily.
    • 2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 19:
      The Commander's aim was off sending it messily over the back of the sensor officer's bulbous head instead.

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