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Uncleanly

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Unclean.

ad. In an unclean manner.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. dirty, unhygienic, not cleanly

adj. not pure in a moral or religious sense

ad. not in a clean way; in an unclean way

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not cleanly; not clean; foul; filthy; dirty.

Not chaste; unchaste; obscene.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. habitually unclean

Word Usage

"His whole appearance had an air of even wilful slovenliness: His hair was uncombed; he was in boots, which were covered with mud; his coat seemed to have been designedly immersed in powder, and his universal negligence was not only shabby but uncleanly."

Equivalent

dirty soiled unclean

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

dirt unclean

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

sophomoric unlivable unhygienic ill-smelling insalubrious