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uncleanlily

uncleanlily adverb: in an uncleanly manner.

Adverb

uncleanlily (comparative more uncleanlily, superlative most uncleanlily)

  1. In an uncleanly manner.
    • […] 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
    • 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

Forms of uncleanlily

comparativemore uncleanlily
superlativemost uncleanlily

Origin of uncleanlily

From uncleanly + -ly.

Questions about uncleanlily

What does uncleanlily mean?
Uncleanlily means in an uncleanly manner.
What part of speech is uncleanlily?
Uncleanlily is an adverb.

Words near uncleanlily in the dictionary

  1. uncleaner
  2. uncleaness
  3. uncleanest
  4. uncleanlier
  5. uncleanliest
  6. uncleanlily
  7. uncleanliness
  8. uncleanlinesses
  9. uncleanly
  10. uncleanness
  11. uncleannesses

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