filthily
- adverb
- /ˈfɪlθɪli/
- She spoke filthily about her frustrations, using words that shocked everyone around her.
Examples
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He pressed his body up against her furiously, filthily.
Fiction book (2000) -
The children played in the backyard, returning home filthily covered in mud.
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The alley was filthily littered with trash after the festival, creating a big mess.
Synonyms
In a way that makes you feel sick or upset
In a way that makes you feel disgusted or want to throw up
In a very bad and unpleasant way
In a way that causes strong disgust or dislike
In a way that causes strong disgust
In a way that is not clean, fair, or polite
In a very dirty and morally bad way
In a dirty way that spreads sickness
In a way that is morally wrong or dishonest
In a dirty or morally wrong way that shocks people
Antonyms
How Dirty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Filthily comes from the simple word filth, meaning 'dirt' or 'unclean', plus the ending -ly that means 'in a ... way'. So filthily means 'in a dirty way', like boots or clothes covered in mud.