Associations to the word «Slovenly»

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.
Alexander Pope