dirtily r in a sordid manner as dirtily drunk as usual r in a filthy unclean manner a dirtily dressed camel driver Usage(s) While one of them told Dan he had a future in law and politics in his own state, another winked dirtily at the girl. And the spirit of cutpurse abandon has been superseded by an atmosphere which is often sullen, often merely dirtily proletarian, often obscure. Synonym(s) filthily