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grimy

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grim·y  (grm)
adj. grim·i·er, grim·i·est
Covered or smudged with grime. See Synonyms at dirty.

grimi·ly adv.
grimi·ness n.
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Adj.1.grimy - thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"
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"

grimy
adjective dirty, polluted, filthy, soiled, foul, grubby, sooty, unclean, grotty (slang) smutty, scuzzy (slang) begrimed, festy Austral. (slang)
Translations
Spanish grimy [ˈgraɪmɪ] adjmugriento
French grimy [ˈgraɪmɪ] adjcrasseux/euse
German grimy [ˈgraɪmɪ] grime adjdreckig, schmutzig
Italian grimy [ˈgraɪmɪ] adjsudicio/a

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He had removed his tin cup and was engaged in stirring its grimy contents with a small stick.
So Scraps accompanied him along the street to a house that seemed on the outside exceptionally grimy and dingy.
We went all the way in day-coaches, becoming more sticky and grimy with each stage of the journey.
 
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