Uncleanly adv.

[OE. unclǽnlíce: see UN-¹ 11 and CLEANLY adv.] In an unclean manner; foully, filthily.

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c. 1000. Ælfric, Hom., I. 432. We wilniað mid urum hlaforde clænlice sweltan, swiðor ðonne unclænlice mid eow lybban.

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1583. Babington, Commandm. (1590), 178. Wee walke and talke idlely, vainly, vncleanly, and vngodlily.

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1584. Cogan, Haven Health, 262. Much people in small roume, liuing vncleanly and sluttishly.

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1611. Cotgr., Impurement, impurely, foulely, filthily, vncleanely.

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1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., I. ii. II. v. (1651), 83. The inhabitants are slovens, and the streets uncleanly kept.

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1727. Bailey (vol. II.), Uncleanly, filthily.

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