English
squalidly
From squalid + -ly.
A compound of squalid + -ly
Latin squālus
Latin squālor ‘stiffness, roughness’
Latin squāleō ‘to be stiff or rough (with)’
Latin squālidus ‘stiff, rough’
English squalid
Today it means
adv In a squalid manner.
Sources
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Etymograph / squalidly