dirtily

1. 1.

   in a sordid manner

   “as dirtily drunk as usual”
2. 2.

   in a filthy unclean manner

   “a dirtily dressed camel driver”

   Synonymsfilthily

Questions about dirtily

What does dirtily mean?

dirtily means "in a sordid manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dirtily?

dirtily has 3 syllables: dir-ti-ly. The stress falls on "dir".

What is another word for dirtily?

Close synonyms include filthily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dirtily a common word?

dirtily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.