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▪ I. slatternly, a.|ˈslætənlɪ|
[f. slattern n.]
1. Of persons: Having the condition or habits of a slattern; slovenly; untidy.
c1680Cotton Ep. to Sir C. Clifton 49 One that had since bin her Maid;..a slatternly ill-favour'd toad. 1753–4Richardson Sir C. Grandison (1781) VI. vi. 21 She..looked so shy! so silly! so slatternly! 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre vi, I am..slatternly; I seldom put, and never keep things in order; I am careless. 1865E. C. Clayton Cruel Fortune I. 143 The tatterdemalion, slatternly, slipshod women who lounge..against the door-posts.
Comb.1847H. Melville Omoo i, She turned out to be a small, slatternly-looking craft.
b. transf. Of artists or authors in respect of their work.
1762–71H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) IV. 70 The time he wasted on his works, in which at least he was the reverse of his slatternly cotemporaries. 1812Scott Let. in Lockhart (1837) III. i. 21 When you have twenty things to tell, it is better to be slatternly than tedious.
2. Of appearance, etc.: Appropriate to, characteristic of, a slattern.
1776F. Burney Early Diary 5 Apr., We saw the young and handsome Duchess..walking in such an undressed and slaternly manner. 1801M. Edgeworth Angelina iv, The slatternly, dirty appearance of Araminta's dress. a1853Robertson Lect. i. (1858) 33 A home made wretched by a wife's slatternly conduct. 1877A. B. Edwards Up Nile xxii. 702 The rooms were untidy; the general aspect of the place was slatternly and neglected.
▪ II. slatternly, adv.|ˈslætənlɪ|
[f. slattern a. + -ly2.]
In a slovenly way.
1750Chesterfield Lett. (1792) III. ccxxxiv. 68 A fine suit, ill-made and slatternly or stifly worn,..only exposes the aukwardness of the wearer. 1841Tupper Twins iii, [She] lay slatternly abed, to nurse a head-ache till noon. |