dirtilyadv.
/ˈdəːtɪli/ 1. In a dirty manner; foully, filthily.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adverb]
uncleanlyc1438
filthily?1526
filthy1571
dirtily1598
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sporcamente, filthily, foully..durtily.
1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow sig. F He lookes like his land, as heauily, and durtily.
1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal xiii We put up at a Fonda..where we are dirtily lodged.
1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 10 The hounds were always dirtily and ill kept.
2. In a manner that stains morality or honour; dishonourably, despicably, sordidly.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adverb]
hokerly?c1225
caitiflyc1425
contemptiblya1438
villainously1484
scabbedly1548
sneakishly1560
miserably1585
contemnedly1594
pitifully1601
dirtilya1631
worthlessly1637
mangilya1640
projectedly1660
despicablya1691
shabbily1755
unsolidly1755
worm-like1814
scrubbily1891
motherfucking1966
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [adverb]
arghlyc1000
vilelyc1290
vilea1400
brothelyc1400
caitiflyc1425
scabbedly1548
vildly1575
unsela1583
basely1593
unnobly1595
dirtilya1631
shabbily1755
base-mindedly1851
a1631 J. Donne Poems (1635) 90 Such gold as that wherewithall Almighty Chymiques.. Are dirtely and desperately gull'd.
1661 R. L'Estrange Interest Mistaken 133 How dirtily..the Presbyterian crew treated his Majesty.
1705 S. Centlivre Gamester v. ii. 69 'Tis dirtily done of you..to Kick a Man for nothing.
1796 T. Jefferson in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) IV. 484 An intriguer, dirtily employed in sifting the conversations of my table.
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