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单词 slovenly
释义

slovenly

adjective

slov·​en·​ly ˈslə-vən-lē How to pronounce slovenly (audio)
 also  ˈslä-
1
a
: untidy especially in personal appearance
b
: lazily slipshod
slovenly in thought
2
: characteristic of a sloven
slovenly habits
slovenliness noun
slovenly adverb

Synonyms

  • dowdily
  • sloppily
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Example Sentences

He dressed in a slovenly manner. for the sake of their image, the band members transformed themselves from clean-cut lads to slovenly rockers
Recent Examples on the Web Scotland Yard sends Inspector Stoppard (Rockwell, doing a British accent), a slovenly, sleepy-eyed drunk, to investigate. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2022 Our attempt to respectfully bind the national wounds becomes a lesser version of the Republicans’ capitulation to the slovenly ignorance of the Trumpers. Joe Klein, Washington Post, 8 July 2022 The slovenly man-child paired with the attractive partner is old hat, and the sitcom dynamic between sad-sack husband and nagging wife feels unintentionally regressive. New York Times, 29 June 2021 What could be better than being a slovenly hermit with no pressure to be social? Jill Kargman, Town & Country, 20 Apr. 2021 Pacific Gas & Electric, whose slovenly power grid caused numerous devastating wildfires in California, the worst of them killing 85 in the town of Paradise and destroying 18,000 buildings. Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020 Think of Silicon Valley, and the notoriously slovenly offices of early Facebook, sticky with beer. Penelope Green, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020 In 2005, Pepe became a part of Furie’s comic Boy’s Club, a series about a silly, slovenly group of friends in an early-twenties funk. Emma Grey Ellis, Wired, 27 Jan. 2020 Back to the future: Marijuana advocates in Michigan aren’t thrilled with the state’s new anti-pot advertising campaign, which paints marijuana users as slovenly losers, the Detroit Free Press’ Craig Mauger reports. cleveland, 20 Jan. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

slovenly

adjective

slov·​en·​ly ˈslə-vən-lē How to pronounce slovenly (audio)
1
: personally untidy
2
: very careless

slovenly 1 of 2

adjective

as in sloppy
lacking neatness in dress or person for the sake of their image, the band members transformed themselves from clean-cut lads to slovenly rockers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sloppy
  • sloven
  • wrinkled
  • unkempt
  • shaggy
  • untidy
  • messy
  • frowsy
  • slobbish
  • dowdy
  • slobby
  • blowsy
  • filthy
  • confused
  • frowzy
  • blowzy
  • chaotic
  • dirty
  • slatternly
  • disheveled
  • rumpled
  • cluttered
  • disordered
  • shabby
  • uncombed
  • messed
  • disarranged
  • stained
  • muddled
  • nasty
  • mussy
  • grimy
  • dishevelled
  • mussed
  • unclean
  • squalid
  • blackened
  • grubby
  • sleazy
  • uncleanly
  • dingy
  • soiled
  • grungy
  • sullied
  • scuzzy
  • mucky
  • scroungy
  • besmirched
  • foul
  • spotted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • smart
  • dapper
  • fashionable
  • sharp
  • stylish
  • chic
  • dashing
  • modish
  • orderly
  • spruce
  • tidy
  • neat
  • careful
  • fastidious
  • groomed
  • meticulous
  • fussy
  • clean
  • combed
  • immaculate
  • spotless
  • cleaned
  • ordered
  • unsoiled
  • unsullied
  • dolled up
  • sparkling
  • stainless
  • cleanly
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slovenly

2 of 2

adverb

as in sloppily
in a careless or unfashionable manner an employee who went overboard on dress-down day and was reprimanded for dressing slovenly on the job

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • sloppily
  • slatternly
  • chaotically
  • untidily
  • shabbily
  • dowdily
  • filthily
  • foully
  • messily
  • nastily
  • dirtily
  • grubbily
  • sleazily
  • dingily

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • smart
  • orderly
  • sharply
  • smartly
  • nattily
  • neatly
  • fashionably
  • tidily
  • fastidiously
  • carefully
  • modishly
  • immaculately
  • cleanly
  • sprucely
  • fussily
  • meticulously
  • spotlessly
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