uncleanly

English

Etymology 1

un- +‎ cleanly

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈklɛnli/

Adjective

uncleanly (comparative more uncleanly, superlative most uncleanly)

Dirty, unhygienic, not clean.
- 1907, Ohio. State Board of Health, Annual Report
  Prosodemic typhoid from its nature may be disseminated in innumerable ways, but is more frequently found in slum districts, where the habits of the people are uncleanly, or in districts where there is no adequate sewerage.
Not pure in a moral or religious sense.

Synonyms

unclean

Translations

not cleanly

Latvian: netīrīgs

morally or religiously impure

Latvian: nešķīsts, neķītrs

Etymology 2

unclean +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈkliːnli/

Adverb

uncleanly (comparative more uncleanly, superlative most uncleanly)

not in a clean way; in an unclean way

Translations

not cleanly

Latvian: netīri

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