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▪ I. slovenly, a.|ˈslʌv(ə)nlɪ|
Also 6 slouin-, slouing-, 7 slovin-, 7–8 slovingly.
[f. sloven n. + -ly1.]
†1. Low, base, rascally; lewd. Obs. rare.
a1515Cocke Lorell's B. 3 Cocke dyde set them there as knaues sholde be, Amonge the slouenly sorte. 1579Gosson Sch. Abuse (Arb.) 40 Neither with Amorous gesture wounding the eye: nor with slouenly talke hurting the eares of the chast hearers.
2. Of persons:
a. Habitually or naturally careless in dress or personal appearance; untidy.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. (1882) 65 He that is borne vnder Capricornus shall be a slouenly, ill sauoured, and vncleane fellowe. 1617Moryson Itin. iii. 44 The Germanes..are..more slovenly in their apparrell, in their Stoves and all manner of linnen. 1682S. Pordage Medal Rev. Ep. p. 3 The one being a much slovenlier Beast than the other. 1704N. N. tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. II. 22 These Slovingly Fellows all over daub'd with Blood. 1822W. Irving Braceb. Hall xxii, A thin, elderly man, rather threadbare and slovenly. 1831Scott Cast. Dang. i, Do you suffer your youthful pupils to be indeed so slovenly and so saucy?
b. Careless or negligent in work of any kind.
1781Cowper Table Talk 682 Churchill.., Surly and slovenly, and bold and coarse, Too proud for art, and trusting in mere force. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxx, The ground was partly cultivated, and partly left in its natural state, according as the fancy of the slovenly agriculturists had decided. 1826Art of Brewing (ed. 2) 29 Some slovenly and covetous brewers adopt the following dangerous and unfrugal practice.
3. Of dress, appearance, habits, etc.: Marked or characterized by untidiness or want of attention to neatness and cleanliness.
In older use occas., ‘nasty, disgusting’.
a1568R. Ascham Scholem. (Arb.) 54 Yet som warlike signe must be vsed, either a slouinglie busking, or an ouerstaring frounced hed. 1602Marston Ant. & Mel. Induct., As slovenly as the yeasty breast of an ale-knight. 1682Dryden Medal 285 A heav'n, like Bedlam, slovenly and sad. 1784Cowper Task ii. 456 This..offends me more Than in a churchman slovenly neglect And rustic coarseness would. 1809N. Pinkney Trav. France 78 Railings..which are generally in a condition to give the country not only a naked but a slovenly appearance. 1834Brit. Husb. I. 111 (L.U.K.), Although the common class of Irish farmers are generally accused of slovenly habits. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. 58 His person showed marks of habitual neglect; his dress was slovenly.
4. Marked or characterized by want of neatness, care, precision, or thoroughness. (Frequent with manner or way.)
1621–3Middleton & Rowley Changeling ii. ii, Hunger and pleasure, they'll command sometimes Slovenly dishes. 1693Dryden Ded. Juvenal Ess. (Ker) II. 93 There is still a vast difference betwixt the slovenly butchering of a man, and the fineness of a stroke that separates the head from the body. 1774Bryant Mythol. I. 416 Inventing the most slovenly legend that ever was devised. 1777F. Burney Early Diary July, You must suppose it spoke in a very slow and slovenly voice. 1804Med. Jrnl. XII. 58 Many such proofs..shew great carelessness and the slovenly want of attention that seems so generally to prevail. 1819Scott Bl. Dwarf ii, This slovenly and imperfect mode of cultivation left much time upon his own hands. 1875Whitney Life Lang. viii. 148 Careless or slovenly handling of language.
5. Comb., as slovenly-dressed, slovenly-minded adjs.
1880Daily News 26 Mar. 5/4 What Mr. Lowe would call a rather slovenly-minded person. 1886W. J. Tucker E. Europe 236 The ‘cafetier’..was peremptorily addressing a sleek, slovenly-dressed waiter.
▪ II. ˈslovenly, adv.
Also 7 slovingly.
[f. sloven n. + -ly2.]
In a careless, negligent, or untidy manner.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 311 Let not your gowne sitt vppon your backe too nicely, nor yet weare it too slouenly. 1598Marston Sco. Villanie i. ii. 177 Lewd Precisians Who..take the symbole vp, As slouenly, as carelesse Courtiers slup Their mutton gruell. 1659Gauden Slight Healers (1660) 77 They will heal their hurts very slovenly, slowly, and ill-favouredly. 1713Swift Frenzy of J. Denny Wks. 1755 III. i. 139, I..hang my clothes on somewhat slovenly. 1796Morse Amer. Geogr. II. 614 The churches are full of pictures slovenly painted on parchment. 1870Rock Text. Fabr. Introd. ii. 100 Every part was done in the feather⁓stitch, slovenly put down. |