grubbily

1. 1.

   in a dingy manner

   Synonymsdingilygrungily

Questions about grubbily

What does grubbily mean?

grubbily means "in a dingy manner".

How many syllables are in grubbily?

grubbily has 3 syllables: grub-bi-ly. The stress falls on "grub".

What is another word for grubbily?

Close synonyms include dingily, grungily. 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 grubbily a common word?

grubbily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.