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.
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Slatternly
Synonyms for "slatternly" (71 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (35)
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More general
10 entriesadverb of mannerappearance descriptorbehavior descriptordescriptive termhistorical termlinguistic labelliterary descriptormanner adverbmoral attributepejorative usage
More specific
12 entriesarchaismcareless conductderogatory termmessilymessinessmoral laxnessold-fashioned descriptorpejorative labelshabbilyslovenlinessuntidilyuntidiness
Collocations
7 entriesslatternly appearanceslatternly attireslatternly behaviorslatternly clothingslatternly dressslatternly handwritingslatternly housekeeping
Inflections
2 entriesmore slatternlymost slatternly
Derivations
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
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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.
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