Adjective : an untidy room; an untidy person. ,an untidy plan. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : The guests untidied the room. From Dictionary.com.
"No -- unless they were left strewn untidily about.". From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
Pushed the tails untidily into the top of my trousers. From Wordnik.com. [Whip Hand]
Celia's thatch of black hair fell untidily across the pillow. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
Behind them stood a desk covered untidily by maps and flight manuals. From Wordnik.com. [...And Nail] Reference
He ought not to be permitted to set it untidily upon a soiled tablecloth. From Wordnik.com. [Study of Child Life] Reference
Her hair had lost its shine and was tied back untidily with an elastic band. From Wordnik.com. [Deadline for Murder]
Parlabane's eyes strayed to the papers strewn untidily about the man's desk. From Wordnik.com. [Boiling a Frog]
They stopped untidily and the man behind the wheel of the first car got out. From Wordnik.com. [Midsummer Star]
Was it really true that she dressed so untidily as this little scamp made out?. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference
Her hair sat untidily in a mop of wet black strands, still damp from the shower. From Wordnik.com. [Not the End of the World]
She surveyed the company of men and horses crowded untidily across the spring yard. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowfane]
There was a huge oak desk covered rather untidily with papers and inkwells and pens. From Wordnik.com. [Irresistible]
He urges the farmers to join hand with the union of the department to fight untidily. From Wordnik.com. [Peasants demonstrate against WTO in Pakistan] Reference
He spat between his teeth and wiped his mouth untidily with the soft side of his fist. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Mr. Polly] Reference
Amory nodded; Jill reappeared from the bathroom, completely if rather untidily arrayed. From Wordnik.com. [This Side of Paradise] Reference
He lay still and caught his breath, then pushed the screening untidily back into place. From Wordnik.com. [Citizen Of The Galaxy]
And she remained clothed, the skirt of her riding habit bunched rather untidily at her waist. From Wordnik.com. [Heartless]
She was wearing a badly cut black coat and her hair fell untidily down each side of her face. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Killer]
Lawrence pitched himself untidily into his chair before the desk and upset yet another inkpot. From Wordnik.com. [More Work for the Undertaker]
She tossed back her damp hair, hanging untidily round her damp face, rosy from the wind and rain. From Wordnik.com. [Stormy Springtime]
The quick dark eyes flicked over Simon's tall, somewhat untidily dressed figure, and he continued. From Wordnik.com. [Salvage for the Saint]
These left their notes, books and such like strewn untidily along the floor at the back of the hall. From Wordnik.com. [To Change the World !] Reference
I did the preliminary work quickly; shaving, scrubbing, cutting away the things that stuck out untidily. From Wordnik.com. [DarklyDreamingDexter]
Wind had torn away her myrtle circlet; black hair rippled across her shoulders, twisted untidily into elflocks. From Wordnik.com. [Stormwarden]
She grabbed for her shawl and fumbled with its folds before throwing it, bunched untidily, around her shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Ungrateful Governess]
Just look at those moth-eaten legs - 'She pointed to four feet which were pitted, stripped of polish, and worn untidily away. From Wordnik.com. [Bonecrack]
Robes, jade-green, lilac, midnight blue, had been hastily folded into one of them; books were jumbled untidily into the other. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]
Pushing the long, shining strands untidily under a cap, she knelt on the window-seat and looked out at the violent white storm. From Wordnik.com. [The Frozen Heart]
Her red hair was pinned up untidily and her face had the harassed look that seems to be worn only by mothers of young children. From Wordnik.com. [Dangerous Lady]
His eyes are large and blue, although his complexion is rather dark otherwise; a stray wisp of hair sags untidily over his forehead. From Wordnik.com. [Shallow Soil] Reference
She leaned forward lazily; her dress fell away untidily from her brown throat, revealing the beauty of the warm, young curves within. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother of Felipe] Reference
It covered two sheets of paper and was written disconnectedly and untidily in a hurried, illegible scrawl, smudged with ink and tears. From Wordnik.com. [The Insulted and the Injured] Reference
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