Antonyms for slovenly
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : sluhv-uhn-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈslʌv ən li |
Definition of slovenly
Origin :- 1510s, "low, base, lewd," later "untidy, dirty" (1560s), from sloven + -ly (1). Related: Slovenliness; also in this sense was slovenry (1540s), which OED reports in common use early 17c.
- adj dirty, disordered
- Yes, you've taken to mucking your work—doing it in a most slovenly way.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- She was directed by a slovenly maid to a room on an upper floor, and left there.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 22, 1880 » by Various
- Careless, slovenly and wasteful as I knew him to be, he was not mean.
- Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
- It is a grievous thing to note how slovenly this part of the service is in some places.
- Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness
- He lived in a large, stone house, kept in rather a slovenly manner.
- Extract from : « Virgin Soil » by Ivan S. Turgenev
- "No, I'll go out after that kicker," he said, ashamed of his slovenly work.
- Extract from : « Blue-Bird Weather » by Robert W. Chambers
- There was already a look of slovenly age about his stooping bookworm's gait.
- Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- It was a slovenly word, a makeshift for the hard broom of clean thought.
- Extract from : « The Rough Road » by William John Locke
- Earth dirt he had no objection to; slovenly dirt was as abhorrent to him as vice.
- Extract from : « Antony Gray,--Gardener » by Leslie Moore
- In dress, although far from slovenly, he was by no means particular.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 » by Various
Synonyms for slovenly
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