— dirtily , adv. — dirtiness , n.
/derr"tee/ , adj., dirtier, dirtiest , v. , dirtied, dirtying , adv.
adj.
1. soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
2. spreading or imparting dirt; soiling: dirty smoke.
3. vile; mean; sordid; contemptible: to play a dirty trick on someone.
4. obscene; pornographic; lewd: a dirty joke.
5. undesirable or unpleasant; thankless: He left the dirty work for me.
6. very unfortunate or regrettable: That's a dirty shame!
7. not fair or sportsmanlike; unscrupulous: a dirty fighter.
8. hostile, insulting, contemptuous, or resentful: She gave me a dirty look. He made a dirty crack about the cooking.
9. (of a nuclear weapon) producing a relatively large amount of radioactive fallout.
10. (of the weather) stormy; squally: It looks dirty to windward.
11. Informal. obtained through illegal or disreputable means: dirty money.
12. appearing as if soiled; dark-colored; dingy; murky.
13. Slang. using or in possession of narcotics.
14. Foreign Exchange. (of currency floats) manipulated, as by a central bank influencing or changing exchange rates (opposed to clean ).
15. do (someone) dirty , Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
v.t. , v.i.
16. to make or become dirty.
adv.
17. Informal. in a mean, unscrupulous, or underhand way: to play dirty.
18. Informal. in a lewd manner: to talk dirty.
[ 1520-30; DIRT + -Y 1 ]
Syn. 1. grimy, defiled. DIRTY, FILTHY, FOUL, SQUALID refer to that which is not clean. DIRTY is applied to that which is filled or covered with dirt so that it is unclean or defiled: dirty clothes. FILTHY is an emphatic word suggesting something that is excessively soiled or dirty: filthy streets. Both DIRTY and FILTHY can refer to obscenity: a dirty mind, a filthy novel.
FOUL implies an uncleanness that is grossly offensive to the senses: a foul odor. SQUALID, applied usually to dwellings or surroundings, implies dirtiness that results from the slovenly indifference often associated with poverty: a squalid tenement. 3. base, vulgar, low, shabby, groveling. 4. nasty, lascivious, lecherous. 10. rainy, foul, sloppy, disagreeable, nasty. 12. dull, dark, sullied, clouded. 16. soil, befoul, sully.