filthilyadv.
/ˈfɪlθᵻli/, U.S. /ˈfɪlθᵻli/ literal and figurative. In a filthy manner; so as to become filthy.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adverb]
uncleanlyc1438
filthily?1526
filthy1571
dirtily1598
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adverb] > lewdly, bawdily, or obscenely
ribaldously1481
filthily?1526
ribaldiouslyc1530
dishonestly1560
filthy1571
prostitutely1594
obscenely1598
obscenously1606
lewdly1609
bawdily1629
fulsomely1657
smuttily1672
ribaldly1846
?1526 G. Hervet tr. Erasmus De Immensa Dei Misericordia sig. H.ijv Only returne from those thynges, that ye fylthily haue loued, & turned come to me.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 144 In the ix ȝeir of his regne, quhilke sa filthilie he had ruled.
1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. vi. iii. 366 For the liberty of doing filthily and obscenely, is next to the liberty of speaking filthily and obscenely.
1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World iv. xxxv. 426/2 His Carkass was found naked amongst the slain, filthily polluted with blood and dirt.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. v. 100 I was filthily bemired.
1771 tr. J.-H. Maubert de Gouvest Lett. French Nation II. xx. 77 Your Tragedies are filthily stuffed with politics, morality, satire, and buffoonery.
1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. xvii. 16 For hut and palace show like filthily.
1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man xii. 84 The loathly sow..lay..grunting and grumphing most filthily.
1947 D. Thomas Let. 24 May (1987) 632 I'm glad you've been asked to write about me for the Western Mail—it has dealt filthily with me in the past.
1995 M. Amis Information (1996) 261 Trains no longer dominated it with their train culture of industrial burdens dumbly and filthily borne.
2014 Guardian (Nexis) 10 Feb. 25 Thousands of filthily submerged homes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.?1526