squalidly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin squālus

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin squālor

Latin squāleō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin squāliduslbor.

English squalid

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English squalidly

From squalid + -ly.

Adverb

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'.