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Definition of Slovenliness
1. Noun. A lack of order and tidiness; not cared for.
Generic synonyms: Untidiness
Specialized synonyms: Shagginess
Derivative terms: Sloppy, Slovenly, Unkempt, Unkempt
2. Noun. Habitual uncleanliness.
Specialized synonyms: Slatternliness, Sluttishness
Derivative terms: Slovenly
Definition of Slovenliness
1. n. The quality or state of being slovenly.
Definition of Slovenliness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being slovenly. ¹
2. Noun. The result or product of being slovenly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slovenliness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slovenliness
Literary usage of Slovenliness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Young Husband: Or, Duties of Man in the Marriage Relation by William Andrus Alcott (1846)
"slovenliness. Mere negligence. Mistake about literary men. A divine example.
Opinion of Newton. A JUDICIOUS English writer on dress says, " I would neither ..."
2. Technical Writing by Thomas Arthur Rickard (1920)
"X. slovenliness. slovenliness is as disgraceful in words as in clothes. Much writing
that we recognize as poor in style is merely sloppy. ..."
3. Technical Writing by Thomas Arthur Rickard (1920)
"X. slovenliness slovenliness is as disgraceful in words as in clothes. Much writing
that we recognize as poor in style is merely sloppy. ..."
4. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"and slovenliness ensued, which ever accompany the command of involuntary labour.
But this was not all. Scenes had been enacted or talked of in the presence ..."
5. The Young Mother: Or, Management of Children in Regard to Health by William Andrus Alcott (1838)
"Corpulence and slovenliness are generally among the more prolific sources of a
... slovenliness we may of course avoid, whenever there is a wish to do so, ..."
6. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"Learoyd thrashed them methodically one by one, without haste but without
slovenliness; and the older soldiers took the remnants from Learoyd and went over ..."
7. Journal of a Tour Through the United States, and in Canada, Made During the by Charles Daubeny, Daubeny, Charles, 1795-1867 (1843)
"... most part there is great slovenliness, and but indifferent eating, at the
houses of public entertainment throughout this State. Friday, apth. ..."
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