Definition of "slatternly" []

• Characteristic of or befitting a slattern. (adjective)
• Slovenly; untidy. (adjective)

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• "They are generally called blue-stockings, are described as slatternly in their dress and always as having their fingertips dabbled with ink."
• "Superbly situated, magnificently endowed as to climate, the _chef-lieu_ of the Bouches du Rhône must be called a slatternly beauty; whilst embellishing herself, putting on her jewels and splendid attire, she has forgotten to wash her face and trim her hair!"
• "All the life about him - the odors of stale vegetables and soapsuds, the slatternly form of his sister, and the jeering face of Mr. Higginbotham - was a dream."