Explore Slovenly through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like untidy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Slovenly meaning
- Having an untidy appearance; unkempt.
- Dirty, unwashed; disorderly.
- Careless or negligent; sloppy.
Synonyms of Slovenly
Using Slovenly
- The main meaning on this page is: Having an untidy appearance; unkempt. | Dirty, unwashed; disorderly. | Careless or negligent; sloppy.
- Useful related words include: frowsy, frowzy, untidy.
- In the example corpus, slovenly often appears in combinations such as: slovenly and, of slovenly, as slovenly.
Context around Slovenly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slovenly
- In this selection, "slovenly" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sit, become, nature, clad, mentally and approach stand out and add context to how "slovenly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and correct slovenly readers and are rather slovenly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slovenly" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slovenly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And they were slovenly, and they were this and they were that. (12 words)
Women without stays were branded as slovenly, mentally unhinged, criminal, or of ill-repute. (14 words)
A statue of a slovenly clad black woman looks down on the city of Rotterdam with damning eyes. (18 words)
It's the fact these services are antisocial in every sense of the term. They encourage us to sit slovenly on the couch and have food pumped in, rather than get up and go out to a restaurant – or at the very least pick up your takeaway in person. (49 words)
The chancellor of the cathedral church is charged with the oversight of its schools, ought to read divinity lectures, and superintend the lections in the choir and correct slovenly readers. (30 words)
Following through the intent of compliance, the operator, Amtrak, by its past history of a slovenly approach to safety, is clearly the most egregious party to this disaster. (28 words)
Example sentences (13)
And they were slovenly, and they were this and they were that.
A statue of a slovenly clad black woman looks down on the city of Rotterdam with damning eyes.
Women without stays were branded as slovenly, mentally unhinged, criminal, or of ill-repute.
Following through the intent of compliance, the operator, Amtrak, by its past history of a slovenly approach to safety, is clearly the most egregious party to this disaster.
It's the fact these services are antisocial in every sense of the term. They encourage us to sit slovenly on the couch and have food pumped in, rather than get up and go out to a restaurant – or at the very least pick up your takeaway in person.
The two men after all share the same betes noires: distant, unaccountable power, thick-witted rules, many from Europe, gold plated by slovenly bureaucrats.
He said, "His house is rather old and going to decay; appearances about his yard and hill are rather slovenly.
If he is too tyrannical, they give notice; if he lacks authority, they become slovenly, impertinent, drunk and dishonest.
In the Soviet Union his early works were not accepted by censors as he had portrayed Soviet soldiers as slovenly and disorderly rather than heroic.
It can be traced back to Frederick the Great, who likened the 'slovenly Polish trash' in newly' reconquered West Prussia to Iroquois".
Kelsey, p. 21 Settlers made numerous false claims to diminish the natives' abilities: "The Indians are by nature slovenly and indolent," stated one newcomer.
The chancellor of the cathedral church is charged with the oversight of its schools, ought to read divinity lectures, and superintend the lections in the choir and correct slovenly readers.
Unlike the regular Martok, who is an honorable and caring commander, the MU version is foul-mouthed, slovenly and cruel.
Common combinations with slovenly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- slovenly and 4×
- of slovenly 2×
- as slovenly 2×