dingily

In grimy fashion

Dingily means in a dingy manner—with dullness, dirtiness, or a shabby, grimy quality.

The word describes how something appears or is presented when it lacks brightness or cleanliness: The light filtered dingily through the unwashed windows.

It's the adverb form of dingy, sharing that word's connotations of neglect and dreariness.

shabby

shabbily

In worn-out manner

grubbily · meanly · drably · poorly · cheaply · run-down · raggedly · threadbare · worn

dimlit

shadowy

Obscured by darkness

darkly · obscurely · murkily · faintly · gloomily · duskily · hazily · indistinctly · softly · weakly

grimy

dirtily

In an unclean way

sootily · smudgily · greasily · uncleanly · muddily · stained · soiled · smeared · tarnished

Opposites
brightness/luminosity

dingilybrightly

With much light

brilliantly · radiantly · luminously · shiningly · dazzlingly

cleanliness/condition

dingilycleanly

In a neat manner

neatly · immaculately · spotlessly · pristinely · freshly

quality/expense

dingilyexpensively

At great cost

elegantly · luxuriously · lavishly · richly · opulently

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G