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    slatternly
    /ˈslatnli/

    adjective

    • 1. dirty and untidy (typically used of a woman or her appearance): dated "a slatternly housekeeper"

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  2. SLATTERNLY definition: 1. dirty and untidy; used especially about women: 2. dirty and messy; used especially about women: . Learn more.

  3. The meaning of SLATTERNLY is untidy and dirty through habitual neglect; also : careless, disorderly.

  4. Slatternly definition: slovenly and untidy.. See examples of SLATTERNLY used in a sentence.

  5. SLATTERNLY definition: having the habits of a slattern ; dirty ; slovenly ; untidy | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.

  6. Definition of slatternly adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. slatternly - characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women. blowsy, blowzy. untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money".

  8. The earliest known use of the adjective slatternly is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for slatternly is from 1655, in a dictionary by A. Symson. slatternly is formed within English, by derivation.

  9. Jun 25, 2024 · slatternly. adjective. characteristic of or befitting a slattern; used especially of women. synonyms: blowsy, blowzy, sluttish. untidy. not neat and tidy.

  10. Aug 31, 2023 · slatternly (comparative more slatternly, superlative most slatternly) Appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern.

  11. Synonyms for SLATTERNLY: slovenly, frowzy, frowsy, filthy, dowdy, uncombed, sloven, shaggy; Antonyms of SLATTERNLY: orderly, tidy, neat, kempt, trim, well-ordered, shipshape, organized.