slatternly

  • 1slatternly — slatternly, dowdy, frowzy, blowsy can all mean deficient in neatness, freshness, or smartness, especially in dress or appearance. Slatternly stresses notions of slovenliness, unkemptness, and sordidness {a small, slatternly looking craft, her… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 2Slatternly — Slat tern*ly, a. Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty. adv. In a slatternly manner. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3slatternly — [slat′ərnlē] adj. 1. having the habits of a slattern; dirty; slovenly; untidy 2. characteristic of or fit for a slattern adv. in a slatternly manner slatternliness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 4slatternly — index sordid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 5slatternly — 1670s, from SLATTERN (Cf. slattern) + LY (Cf. ly) (1) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 6slatternly — adjective Appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern. The dismal quarter of Soho seen under these changing glimpses, with its muddy ways, and slatternly passengers, and its lamps, which had never been extinguished or had been kindled afresh… …

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  • 7slatternly — slat|tern|ly [ slætərnli ] adjective OLD FASHIONED a slatternly woman looks messy or dirty …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 8slatternly — UK [ˈslætə(r)nlɪ] / US [ˈslætərnlɪ] adjective old fashioned a slatternly woman looks untidy or dirty …

    English dictionary

  • 9slatternly — slattern ► NOUN dated ▪ a dirty, untidy woman. DERIVATIVES slatternly adjective. ORIGIN related to dialect slatter «to spill or slop», of unknown origin …

    English terms dictionary

  • 10slatternly — adjective Date: 1677 1. untidy and dirty through habitual neglect; also careless, disorderly 2. of, relating to, or characteristic of a slut or prostitute • slatternliness noun …

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