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Definition of Slovenlier
1. slovenly [adj] - See also: slovenly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slovenlier
Literary usage of Slovenlier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Exemplary Theatre by Harley Granville-Barker (1922)
"... then does not the history of its speaking possibly show, by the drag-back of
peasant influences on it, a reversion to slower, slacker, slovenlier ways? ..."
2. Certain Delightful English Towns: With Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between by William Dean Howells (1906)
"... the slovenlier speech of the Harvard men would have betrayed them in their
answer, for even our oldest university has not yet taken thought of how her ..."
3. Certain Delightful English Towns: With Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between by William Dean Howells (1906)
"... the slovenlier speech of the Harvard men would have betrayed them in their
answer, for even our oldest university has not yet taken thought of how her ..."
4. Certain Delightful English Towns: With Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between by William Dean Howells (1906)
"... the slovenlier speech of the Harvard men would have betrayed them in their
answer, for even our oldest university has not yet taken thought of how her ..."
5. London Films and Certain Delightful English Towns by William Dean Howells (1911)
"to ask some chance question, the slovenlier speech of the Harvard men would have
betrayed them in their answer, for even our oldest university has not yet ..."
6. Everyday Life in China by Edwin Joshua Dukes (1885)
"A dirtier, greasier, slovenlier set of men are not to be seen. Perhaps the
sedentary and uninspiring tasks make them careless ..."
7. A House-hunter in Europe by William Henry Bishop (1893)
"... wanted to wager that I would find nowhere in the world a slovenlier city than
Corte. I had thought this perhaps was merely his own lack of experience in ..."
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