uncleanlily en · ADV
Etymology
From uncleanly + -ly.
Meanings
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In an uncleanly manner.
Thus to a single cook has been traced the infection of twenty-six persons in seven different families to whose gastronomic exigencies she uncleanlily ministered.
1921, Theophil Mitchell Prudden, The Story of the Bacteria and Their Relations to Health and Disease, page 103:[…] viz., the influence of sundry stars, great standing waters never refreshed, carrion lying long above ground, much people in small room, living uncleanlily and sluttishly.
1883, The Sanitary Journal: A Journal of Hygiene and Public Health, page 174:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most uncleanlily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more uncleanlily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |