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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a comfortable mess" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or environment that is disorganized but still feels cozy or relaxed.
Example: "Her living room was a comfortable mess, with books scattered everywhere and cushions piled high on the couch."
Alternatives: "a cozy chaos" or "a relaxed disorder".
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The room itself is silted up with a comfortable mess of snapshots, papers, sliding stacks of LPs, and books piled everywhere.
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Make an enormous comfortable mess of cushions, pillows, blankets, throws etc. all over the lounge floor and chairs in front of the viewing area.
Maryland had always been a comfortable place for Catholics.It was all a big, volatile mess, to which a regime of religious liberty was the best solution.
Let him feel comfortable to leave a small mess, like he would at his own place.
Not 'kind of a mess' – a mess.
Owning a historic home, "you need to feel comfortable with some mess," he said.
Mandelbaum is a mess — a wonderful mess.
A total mess, indeed.
A terrible mess.
What a bloody mess.
What a sorry mess.
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