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UNCLEANLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does uncleanly mean?
• UNCLEANLY (adjective)
The adjective UNCLEANLY has 1 sense:
1. habitually unclean
Familiarity information: UNCLEANLY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Habitually unclean
Similar:
dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)
Derivation:
uncleanliness (lack of cleanly habits)
Context examples
But this was the only time I was ever guilty of so uncleanly an action; for which I cannot but hope the candid reader will give some allowance, after he has maturely and impartially considered my case, and the distress I was in.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
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