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Definition of Slatternly
1. Adjective. Characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women.
Similar to: Untidy
Derivative terms: Slattern, Slattern, Slatternliness, Sluttishness
Definition of Slatternly
1. a. Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty.
Definition of Slatternly
1. Adjective. Appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern. ¹
2. Adverb. In a slatternly manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slatternly
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slatternly
Literary usage of Slatternly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"... is hidden away in some dismal garret, patching shabby finery and cobbling up
old clothes for her children — the most miserable and slatternly of women. ..."
2. Letters of Thomas Edward Brown: Author of 'Fo'c'sle Yarns' by Thomas Edward Brown (1900)
"Ready to pour out her soul in tender fluency. Sweet? Ah, that woman was sweet.
slatternly? ... slatternly ..."
3. Evenings with Jesus: A Series of Devotional Readings for the Closet and the by William Jay (1857)
"Some who ought to rise at six are coming to life about eight, and running for
hours after their work, and then doing it superficially and slatternly too. ..."
4. Robert Montgomery and His Reviewers: With Some Remarks on the Present State by Edward Clarkson (1830)
"... because both do the char-work of modern criticism precisely on the same
slatternly model. They are, in fact, Arcades ambo Pares cantare parati. ..."
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