Slatternly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Slatternly is an adjective meaning Appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern.
Meaning
Appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern.
More Meanings
- In the manner of a slattern.
Example Sentences
Being a light-complexioned woman, she wore light clothes, as most blondes will, and appeared, in preference, in draggled sea-green, or slatternly sky-blue.
Am I alone in feeling smug (if slatternly) about the news that super-clean homes are a breeding ground for infection? Apparently, all that bleach is bad not just for germs but for children's immune systems, too, and paradoxically causes more disease than it prevents.
The dismal quarter of Soho seen under these changing glimpses, with its muddy ways, and slatternly passengers, and its lamps, which had never been extinguished or had been kindled afresh to combat this mournful rëinvasion of darkness, seemed, in the lawyer's eyes, like a district of some city in a nightmare.
Synonyms for slatternly
Depending on context, synonyms include sluttish, untidy, blowsy, blowzy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sluttish, blowsy, blowzy, untidy, slovenly, slutty.
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