Filthily

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a filthy manner

    "[…] I waded through with some difficulty, and one of the footmen wiped me as clean as he could with his handkerchief, for I was filthily bemired; and my nurse confined me to my box, till we returned home […]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a filthy unclean manner wordnet

Synonyms

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dirtily

Example

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"[…] I waded through with some difficulty, and one of the footmen wiped me as clean as he could with his handkerchief, for I was filthily bemired; and my nurse confined me to my box, till we returned home […]"

Etymology

From filthy + -ly.

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