DIRTILY

dirtily, filthily

(adverb) in a filthy unclean manner; “a dirtily dressed camel driver”

dirtily

(adverb) in a sordid manner; “as dirtily drunk as usual”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

dirtily (comparative more dirtily, superlative most dirtily)

In a dirty manner.

Antonym: cleanly

Source: Wiktionary


Dirt"i*ly, adv.

Definition: In a dirty manner; foully; nastily; filthily; meanly; sordidly.

DIRTY

Dirt"y, a. [Compar. Dirtier; superl. Dirtiest.]

1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. Spenser.

2. Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color. Locke.

3. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow. The creature's at his dirty work again. Pope.

4. Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather. Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea. M. Arnold.

Syn.

– Nasty; filthy; foul. See Nasty.

Dirt"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dirtied; p. pr. & vb. n. Dirtying.]

1. To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.

2. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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