adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She was fat, slovenly , and out of shape.
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The aide was hired to keep the governor's slovenly brother out of the public eye.
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Their landlady was fat and slovenly .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Aldo gave a slovenly salute and left.
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It was a way to guarantee that slovenly practices and inefficiencies would become even more firmly entrenched.
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On top of that there was the slovenly , almost token, way they had drawn the first covert.
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Ridgery Butts was a slovenly , poor village, clay and thatch hovels clustered about its church and windmill.
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She was attractive in a plump, slovenly way, with a mass of jet-black curls, dark eyes and brown skin.
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Their table manners perfectly reflect the slovenly appearance.