Synonyms for slovenly
ˈslʌv ən lisloven·ly

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1. slovenly

   Synonyms:
   dirty, disorderly, dowdy, negligent, rough, rude, slouchy, soiled, uncared for, unkempt, untidy

   Antonyms:
   clean, cleanly, dapper, natty, neat, nice, orderly, prim, spruce, tidy, trim

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1. slovenly

   Synonyms:
   loose, negligent, disorderly, untidy, unclean, sluttish, slatternly

   Antonyms:
   trim, neat, careful, orderly, tidy, precise

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1. frowsy, frowzy, slovenlyadjective

   negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt

   "filled the door with her frowzy bulk"; "frowzy white hair"; "slovenly appearance"

   Synonyms:
   frowsy, frowzy

   Antonyms:
   tidy

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1. slovenlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   untidy, unclean, dowdy, not neat

2. slovenlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   disorderly, loose

3. slovenlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   perfunctory, heedless, reckless, careless

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1. slovenlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   untidy, disorderly, frowzy, careless

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How to use slovenly in a sentence?

1. Jane Austen, Letter to Cassandra, 25 November 1798:

   An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

2. James Kelly:

   A ragged colt may prove a good horse. And so may an untoward slovenly boy prove a decent and useful man.

3. Mary McCarthy:

   The American, if he has a spark of national feeling, will be humiliated by the very prospect of a foreigner's visit to Congress -- these, for the most part, illiterate hacks whose fancy vests are spotted with gravy, and whose speeches, hypocritical, unctuous, and slovenly, are spotted also with the gravy of political patronage, these persons are a reflection on the democratic process rather than of it; they expose it in its process rather than of it; they expose it in its underwear.

4. Donald Trump:

   A slovenly man named Joe Crowley got his ass kicked by a young woman who had a lot of energy, she had a lot of energy. I guess he didn't see it. They couldn't find him.