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dirtily

  • a word derived from dirty.

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He reminded us that a single artist could use vanguardism as mass culture’s minor seventh, that technical prowess was about dirtily programmed drum machines as much as it was about dazzling guitar fills.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2016

Always double check men aren't married and prepare for your enemies to fight dirtily, I learned at an early age.

From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2010

Among English observers there is a prevailing truism that Argentina had played dirtily The statistics suggest otherwise: Argentina committed 19 fouls to England's 33.

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2010

And the spirit of cutpurse abandon has been superseded by an atmosphere which is often sullen, often merely dirtily proletarian, often obscure.

From Time Magazine Archive

The egg is about the size of a guinea fowl's, dirtily streaked, and spotted with a dusky purple; it is one of the best eating eggs I have ever tasted.

From A First Year in Canterbury Settlement by Butler, Samuel