Associations to the word «Slovenly»
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Wiktionary
SLOVENLY, adjective. Having an untidy appearance; unkempt.
SLOVENLY, adjective. Careless or negligent; sloppy.
SLOVENLY, adjective. Unwashed, dirty, disorderly.
Dictionary definition
SLOVENLY, adjective. Negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt; "filled the door with her frowzy bulk"; "frowzy white hair"; "slovenly appearance".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.