Antonyms for sloppy

Grammar : Adj

Spell : slop-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈslɒp i

Definition of sloppy

Origin : 1727, "muddy," from slop (n.1) + -y (2). Meaning "loose, ill-fitting, slovenly" is first recorded 1825, influenced by slop (n.2). Related: Sloppily; sloppiness. Sloppy Joe was originally "loose-fitting sweater worn by girls" (1942); as a name for a kind of spiced hamburger, it is attested from 1961.

adj messy

Example sentences :

"That was a sloppy thing to do," he said to himself, and he flung the earth away from him.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

She told one girl her work was sloppy and made her do the flower over.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

It was a rainy, windy October night, sloppy underfoot, dripping overhead.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

The writing is vigorous and there is no sloppy sentimentality.
Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.

That was the word the sloppy copyist of yesteryear had wrongly transcribed.
Extract from : « G-r-r-r...! » by Roger Arcot

The streets of Lowestoft were sloppy and half-deserted as we drove through them.
Extract from : « Dross » by Henry Seton Merriman

Now it wouldn't be necessary to have that talk with Corson about sloppy work.
Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman

"Our good-bye supper will be sloppy weather, all right;" said he.
Extract from : « Stanford Stories » by Charles K. Field

Nothing faulty or sloppy was going into that jungle with him if he could prevent it.
Extract from : « Despoilers of the Golden Empire » by Gordon Randall Garrett

In another moment the editor of Sloppy Chunks was before him.
Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne

Synonyms for sloppy

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