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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Uncleanly

Unclean \Un*clean"\, a. [AS. uncl?ne. See Unnot, and Clean.]

  1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

  2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing.

    He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
    --Num. xix. 11.

  3. Morally impure. ``Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate and unclean affections.''
    --Perkins. [1913 Webster] -- Un*clean"ly, adv. -- Un*clean"ness, n.

    Unclean animals (Script.), those which the Israelites were forbidden to use for food.

    Unclean spirit (Script.), a wicked spirit; a demon.
    --Mark i. 27.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
uncleanly

Old English unclænlic; see un- (1) "not" + cleanly (adj.). Related: Uncleanliness.

Wiktionary
uncleanly

Etymology 1 a. 1 dirty, unhygienic, not cleanly 2 not pure in a moral or religious sense Etymology 2

adv. not in a clean way; in an unclean way

Usage examples of "uncleanly".

Lazy and uncleanly and a liar he is, Negligent, disobedient and foulmouthed, iwis, And reckless and witless and mannerless: and therewithal he has some other petty vices, which 'twere best to pass over.