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uncleanly

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un·clean·ly  (n-klnl)
adj. un·clean·li·er, un·clean·li·est
Unclean.
adv. (-kln-)
In an unclean manner.
un·cleanli·ness n.
uncleanly1
adv
in an unclean manner
uncleanly2
adj
characterized by an absence of cleanliness; unclean
uncleanliness  n
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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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For this is OUR height and our home: too high and steep do we here dwell for all uncleanly ones and their thirst.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
That means that many have starved and drudged in uncleanly discomfort in order that you may have white and unbroken hands, fine garments, and exquisite manners--that you may be a living fountain of those influences that soften our natures and lives.
An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
But this was the only time I was ever guilty of so uncleanly an action; for which I cannot but hope the candid reader will give some allowance, after he has maturely and impartially considered my case, and the distress I was in.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
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