dirtily en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English dirty Middle English -ly English -ly English dirtily From dirty + -ly.
Meanings
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In a dirty manner.
The head servant of the establishment, a large, portly, soft-spoken mulatto, but very shabbily and dirtily dressed, seemed, for some reason or other, — perhaps from my politeness to him, — to take quite a fancy to me.
1852, Richard Hildreth, The White Slave; or, Memoirs of a Fugitive, Boston, Mass.: Tappan and Whittemore; Milwaukee, Wis.: Rood and Whittemore:I expostulated, and desired that he should have his in a mug; affirming that I could not taste the liquid treated so dirtily.
1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:She kens I like exceedingly, a dainty dish o' meat; But she cooks it up so dirtily, that a bit I canno' eat
1810s, anonymous author, The Wicked wife (poem):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more dirtily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most dirtily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Translations (5)
es suciamente (in a dirty manner) · ca llordament (in a dirty manner) · ca brutament (in a dirty manner) · ca sutzament (in a dirty manner) · pt sujamente (in a dirty manner)