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   What does slovenly mean?

   • SLOVENLY definition: 1. untidy and dirty: 2. messy and dirty: 3. messy, dirty, or not careful: . Learn more.

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   What is a slovenly person?

   • Slovenly people are careless, untidy, or inefficient. Lisa was irritated by the slovenly attitude of her boyfriend Sean. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

   SLOVENLY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   When was the word 'slovenly' first used?

   • This is a meaning that many older people would use it for even now. "The earliest citation of the word was 1402," says Lisa Sutherland, commissioning editor at Collins Language. It was used by Thomas Hoccleve in the Letter of Cupid to describe someone who was slovenly or dirty.

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   What is slovenly & unhealthy work?

   • Their salaries are very small, but the resultant pension is so comfortable a thing that they never break their engagements and never do slovenly work. The most slovenly and unhealthful mode of cooking is frying, as it usually is done. The farm-yards were perfect pictures of disarray and slovenly administration of home affairs.

   SLOVENLY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   messy, dirty, or not careful: slovenly work. a slovenly housekeeper. (Definition of slovenly from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of slovenly.

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     adjective. us / ˈslʌv·ən·li / Add to word list. messy,...

   • Znaczenie Slovenly, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     SLOVENLY definicja: 1. untidy and dirty: 2. messy and dirty:...

   • Slovenly: Polish Translation

     slovenly translate: niechlujny. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Slovenly in Russian

     SLOVENLY translate: неопрятный . Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Slovenly in Simplified Chinese

     SLOVENLY translate: 邋遢的，不整洁的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     SLOVENLY translate: 邋遢的，不整潔的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Slovene

     Slovene definition: 1. belonging to or relating to Slovenia,...

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   The meaning of SLOVENLY is untidy especially in personal appearance. How to use slovenly in a sentence.

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   Slovenly definition: untidy or unclean in appearance or habits.. See examples of SLOVENLY used in a sentence.

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   adjective. us / ˈslʌv·ən·li / Add to word list. messy, dirty, or not careful: slovenly work. a slovenly housekeeper. (Definition of slovenly from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   1. untidy or unclean in appearance or habits. 2. characteristic of a sloven; slipshod. slovenly work. adverb. 3. in an untidy, careless, or slipshod manner. SYNONYMS 1. sluttish, slatternly.

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   Slovenly is what your great aunt Mehitabel might call you if you came to high tea without a necktie. It means "messy or unkempt," but is a word you probably won't hear messy or unkempt people using.

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