untidily

Thân thiện

Rossi untidily scattered his papers across the desk.

Definition

Adverb: In a messy, untidy, or disorganized manner; not neatly.

Usage

The adverb "untidily" describes how an action is performed, specifically indicating it is done with a lack of order, neatness, or care. It modifies verbs.

Examples

• Her clothes were piled untidily on the chair.
• He scribbled his signature untidily at the bottom of the page.
• The papers spilled untidily from the overstuffed folder.
• [Reference Example] Rossi spat very deliberately, and very messily, upon Durieux's party card.

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: Can describe non-physical disorder, such as in thought or structure.
  • The plotlines of the novel were tangled together untidily.

Variants and Related Words

• Untidy (adjective): Not neat or orderly.
  • an untidy desk
• Untidiness (noun): The state or quality of being untidy.
• Messily (adverb): In a messy manner.

Synonyms

Messily, sloppily, disorderly, chaotically, shabbily.

Antonyms

Neatly, tidily, orderly, methodically, precisely.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a messy, untidy manner
   • Rossi spat very deliberately, and very messily, upon Durieux's party card

Từ đồng nghĩa

• messily