untidily
41straggly — strag|gly [ˈstrægəli] adj growing untidily and spreading out in different directions ▪ straggly hair …
42untidy — un|ti|dy [ʌnˈtaıdi] adj especially BrE 1.) not neat = ↑messy ▪ an untidy desk ▪ untidy hair ▪ Her clothes were in an untidy heap on the floor. 2.) someone who is untidy does not keep their house, possessions etc neat = ↑messy >untidily adv …
43litter — [13] The word litter has come a long way semantically since it was born, from ‘bed’ to 313 lobster ‘rubbish scattered untidily’. It goes back ultimately to Latin lectus ‘bed’, a distant relative of English lie and source of French lit ‘bed’… …
44déshabillé — (Fr.) Untidily or incompletely dressed; usually rendered in English as dishabille …
45dishabille — To be untidily or incompletely dressed; in French, déshabillé …
46flummox — 1837, cant word, origin uncertain, probably from some forgotten British dialect. Candidates cluster in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, southern Cheshire and also in Sheffield. The formation seems to be onomatopЕ“ic, expressive of the notion of… …
47mob-cap — (n.) a type of woman s indoor cap, 1795 (as simply mob, 1748), from CAP (Cf. cap) (n.) + obsolete mob (n.) negligent attire (1660s), earlier a strumpet (earlier form mab, 1550s), related to obsolete verb mob to tousle the hair, to dress untidily… …
48flop — [[t]flɒ̱p[/t]] flops, flopping, flopped 1) VERB If you flop into a chair, for example, you sit down suddenly and heavily because you are so tired. [V prep/adv] Bunbury flopped down upon the bed and rested his tired feet... [V prep/adv] She… …
49heap — [[t]hi͟ːp[/t]] heaps, heaping, heaped 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A heap of things is a pile of them, especially a pile arranged in a rather untidy way. ...a heap of bricks. ...a compost heap... He has dug up the tiles that cover the floor and left… …
50litter — [[t]lɪ̱tə(r)[/t]] litters, littering, littered 1) N UNCOUNT Litter is rubbish that is left lying around outside. If you see litter in the corridor, pick it up... On Wednesday we cleared a beach and woodland of litter. Syn: rubbish 2) N UNCOUNT:… …
