dirtily
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1.8
- adverb
- /ˈdɜːrtɪli/
- He examined the dirtily stained carpet and sighed at the mess.
Examples
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She wiped her hands dirtily on her jeans after handling the messy paint.
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(Brock) I plan to play as dirtily and ruthlessly as you.
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[Grunting dirtily]
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Their color bearer wore a silver wig, piled up like a pyramid, with curls falling over her forehead, and the train of her satin dress dragged dirtily along the asphalt.
Fiction book (1995) -
The children played outside, rolling around in the mud dirtily.
Synonyms
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5.3
In a very dirty way
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8.9
In a very dirty and morally bad way
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8.8
In a dirty or morally wrong way that shocks people
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6.5
In a dirty way that spreads sickness
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7.9
In a dirty, dull way that makes things look old and not fresh
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7.4
In a way that is morally wrong or dishonest
Antonyms
How Dirty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dirtily comes from the simple word dirt, which means 'unclean matter'; the parts -y and -ly turn that idea into 'full of dirt' and then 'in that way'. So dirtily describes doing something 'in a dirty way'—either with real dirt on you or by acting unfairly or meanly.