uncleanly

un·clean·ly

 (ŭn-klĕn′lē)

adj. un·clean·li·er, un·clean·li·est

Unclean.

adv. (-klēn′-)

In an unclean manner.

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un·clean′li·ness n.

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uncleanly

adv

in an unclean manner

adj

characterized by an absence of cleanliness; unclean

unˈcleanliness n

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un•clean•ly¹

(ʌnˈklin li)

adv.

in an unclean manner.

[before 950; Old English unclǣnlīce (not recorded in Middle English). See un-¹, cleanly]

un•clean•ly²

(ʌnˈklɛn li)

adj. -li•er, -li•est.

unclean.

[before 1000; Middle English onclenlich, Old English unclǣnlīc. See unclean, -ly]

un•clean′li•ness, n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

uncleanly - habitually unclean dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

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uncleanly

adjective

1. Covered or stained with or as if with dirt or other impurities:

black, dirty, filthy, grimy, grubby, smutty, soiled, unclean.

2. Not chaste or moral:

immoral, impure, unchaste, unclean.

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