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squalidly

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English

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Etymology

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From squalid +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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squalidly (comparative more squalidly, superlative most squalidly)

  1. In a squalid manner.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 121:
      The History of Cilgerran, published in 1867, mentioned that ... 'the cottages, or rather hovels, in which the farm labourers dwell are squalidly wretched and unfit for human habitation'.