slovenly

slovenly
Synonyms and related words:
barbarous, beat-up, bedraggled, blowsy, blowzy, botched, bungling, careless, chintzy, clumsy, deficient, dilapidated, dingy, dirty, disheveled, dowdy, down-at-heel, drabbletailed, draggled, draggletailed, dusty, erroneous, faulty, frowsy, frowzy, frumpish, frumpy, grimy, grubby, grungy, half-assed, haphazard, hit-and-miss, hit-or-miss, imprecise, improper, in rags, incorrect, infelicitous, informal, loose, lumpen, messy, miry, muddy, mussy, negligent, poky, promiscuous, ragged, raggedy, raunchy, ruinous, scraggly, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, slack, slapdash, slatternly, sleazy, slipshod, slipshoddy, slobbery, sloppy, sloven, sluttish, smirchy, smoky, smudgy, smutchy, smutty, snuffy, solecistic, sooty, sordid, squalid, tacky, tattered, uncombed, unfastidious, ungrammatic, unkempt, unneat, unsightly, unthorough, untidy

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  • Slovenly — Slov en*ly, a. 1. Having the habits of a sloven; negligent of neatness and order, especially in dress. [1913 Webster] A slovenly, lazy fellow, lolling at his ease. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. Characteristic of a sloven; lacking neatness and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Slovenly — Slov en*ly, adv. a slovenly manner. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slovenly — [sluv′ən lē] adj. slovenlier, slovenliest 1. characteristic of a sloven 2. careless in appearance, habits, work, etc.; untidy; slipshod adv. in a slovenly manner slovenliness n …   English World dictionary

  • slovenly — index disorderly, lax, negligent, slipshod, sordid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • slovenly — 1510s, low, base, lewd, later untidy, dirty (1560s), from SLOVEN (Cf. sloven) + LY (Cf. ly) (1) …   Etymology dictionary

  • slovenly — *slipshod, unkempt, disheveled, sloppy Analogous words: *slatternly, dowdy, frowzy, blowsy: *indifferent, unconcerned: *negligent, neglectful, slack, lax, remiss Contrasted words: *orderly, methodical: * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • slovenly — is used as both adjective and adverb; the form slovenlily would be too awkward and is not used …   Modern English usage

  • slovenly — [adj] dirty, disordered bedraggled, botched, careless, dingy, disheveled, disorderly, dowdy, down at the heel*, frowzy*, frumpy*, grody*, grubby, grungy*, heedless, icky*, loose, messed up*, messy, mussy, negligent, pigpen*, raunchy, seedy, slack …   New thesaurus

  • slovenly — ► ADJECTIVE 1) untidy and dirty. 2) careless; excessively casual. DERIVATIVES slovenliness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • slovenly — UK [ˈslʌv(ə)nlɪ] / US adjective Word forms slovenly : adjective slovenly comparative slovenlier superlative slovenliest careless, or untidy slovenly habits a slovenly man Derived word: slovenliness noun uncountable …   English dictionary

  • slovenly — adjective Date: circa 1568 1. a. untidy especially in personal appearance b. lazily slipshod < slovenly in thought > 2. characteristic of a sloven < slovenly habits > • slovenliness noun • slovenly adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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