uncleanly

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   habitually unclean

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Questions about uncleanly

What does uncleanly mean?

uncleanly means "habitually unclean".

How many syllables are in uncleanly?

uncleanly has 4 syllables: un-cle-an-ly. The stress falls on "cle".

Is uncleanly a common word?

uncleanly 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.