Sloppery

adj, adv, noun

adj, adv, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
Messiness. countable, uncountable
"And clearly the sailor suit could not trace its true home to a country like ours, which goes in for a widespread concept of uniform usage best described as "sloppery.""
2
Careless imprecision. countable, uncountable
"Extremes, they say, are prone to meet ; thus, while Yachting is, in matter of practical usage and etiquette, the most ultra exclusive of all our National Sports — presto, it has become the machinery for retail sloppery in the hire of pleasure boats."
3
Lack of clear-headedness; fuzzy thinking. countable, uncountable
"This was just — Sloppery. The humbug of the woe-of-the-world business filled her with scorn."
4
Watery unappetizing food; gruel. countable, uncountable
"Stews out of all such piddling sloppery, Starvation gruel."
5
A low-class drinking establishment. countable, uncountable
"So he jess goes an' sends one on 'em off to England an' 'tother to the south on a two year mishonerry trip, 'an then he comes along 'an claps his cock-eyed sign on the shebang 'an now it's: “All Saints Holy Zion's Co-operative distillery'” or sloppery, wichever ye like."

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6
Anything that is sloppy. countable, uncountable
"It is a sloppery; a costume that never ought to be seen out of the precincts of a stable-yard."

Adjective

1
Slippery and messy.
"The roads will be a bit sloppery, but Dobbin isn't too old to splash through them at a rattling pace."

Adverb

1
In a messy and poorly done manner; sloppily
"The investigator was expected to determine whether the place was "run sloppery, was it a messy looking place or not ..." and also if the premises were reasonably safe."