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adjective

Definition of slatternlynext
as in slovenly

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slatternly

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adverb

as in foully

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Recent Examples of slatternly
Adjective
This diorama includes a brawny male wax figure wearing Pampers who is stretched in agony on a rack, alongside a slatternly brunette with a suggestively slit skirt who is being flogged. — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 9 Jan. 2023 An influential Peruvian industrialist named Enrique is photographed in flagrante amid a heap of slatternly prostitutes. — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slatternly
  1. slovenly
  2. sloppily
  3. frowsy
  4. filthy
  5. dowdy
  6. uncombed
  7. shaggy
  8. squalid
Adjective
  • And this is where the movie takes off from retro mythology to become its own slovenly mod thing.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
  • To Washington, a beard made a man look unkempt and slovenly, masking the higher emotions that civility required.
    — Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Definition of slovenly
Adverb
  • These gorgeous plants are much more impressive when kept vertical instead of hanging sloppily all over the garden.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
  • Off the ensuing kick, the Mexicans sloppily turned the ball over after Anthony Gordon made a strong challenge to knock the ball loose.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of sloppily
Adjective
  • Lenker, in plaid, rubs her eyes; James Krivchenia leans forward, sparky and alert; Meek, outdoors in the Topanga sunshine, wears cycling glasses and a frowzy hat.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Before the current renovation of the franchised hotels, the rooms looked as if they were stuck in a fussy, frowsy 1980s floral rut.
    — BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2019
Definition of frowsy
Adjective
  • Being outdoors, they’re exposed to all sorts of dust, pollen, dirt, bird droppings, spider webs, leaves, sap, weather, and pollutants carried by the wind, which can leave a filthy coating on your shutters.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Cleaning our planet’s filthy ports could one day get a boost from a creature with a very messy nickname.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
Definition of filthy
Adjective
  • Like sparks igniting, the result is a piece that feels alive with energy rather than a dowdy relic of the past.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 17 May 2026
  • Reed was not the typical dowdy or frumpy critic.
    — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Definition of dowdy
Adjective
  • The short, brittle, uncombed hair under her hat gave her crow’s wings on either side of her face.
    — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
  • After noting that people have made negative comments about her makeup-free face, the Grammy Award-winning rapper recorded a video fresh off the wake up, showing off her hyperpigmentation, uncombed hair, and all.
    — Sydney Clarke, refinery29.com, 10 Feb. 2021
Definition of uncombed
Adjective
  • The ferocious character also features shaggy black-and-orange hair that matches his tattered pants, and a large necklace adorned with teeth.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 30 July 2026
  • In February, the actress was spotted in Los Angeles with film producer Josh Lieberman sporting a short, shaggy haircut that enhanced her natural texture.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of shaggy
Adjective
  • Most of the territory’s 2 million Palestinians are in the other part, where hundreds of thousands live in squalid tent camps and destroyed neighborhoods.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
  • Those arrested — many of them torn from their crying children — were detained in squalid conditions for days at a time on the 10th floor that Manhattan Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan earlier this year deemed inhumane.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026
Definition of squalid

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