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(Entry 1 of 2)
lacking neatness in dress or person
- for the sake of their image, the band members transformed themselves from clean-cut lads to slovenly rockers
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- chaotic,
- cluttered,
- confused,
- disarranged,
- disheveled
- (or dishevelled),
- disordered,
- messed,
- messy,
- muddled,
- mussed,
- mussy,
- rumpled,
- shaggy,
- uncombed,
- wrinkled
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adverbSynonyms & Antonyms of slovenly (Entry 2 of 2)
in a careless or unfashionable manner
- an employee who went overboard on dress-down day and was reprimanded for dressing slovenly on the job
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“Slovenly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slovenly. Accessed 2 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of slovenly was circa 1568
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