It was the actor's job to appear slovenly throughout the play. From LearnThat.org.
I was thinking of Mr. Unfunny today before this email convo went down and my exact though of him was that he is "slovenly". From Wordnik.com. [wilberteets Diary Entry] Reference
School bans 'slovenly' mothers from wearing pyjamas when they drop their children off. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to 'Half of children' walk to school] Reference
As for "very unique," it is "slovenly," states The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style. From Wordnik.com. [The Roanoke Times: Home page] Reference
Teachers have complained about "slovenly" parents dropping children off at school dressed in their pyjamas. From Wordnik.com. [EducationNews.org] Reference
This results in indifferent and slovenly food-catering. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Neat as wax, he made us feel ashamed of our slovenly ways. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference
Scruffy professors who dress slovenly and vent politics do not help. From Wordnik.com. [Disorder In The Schools] Reference
In dress, although far from slovenly, he was by no means particular. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
Her look was transformed from slovenly to the epitome of casual chic. From Wordnik.com. [Louis Licari: Caroline Giuliani's Jailhouse Makeover] Reference
It contained two lines in a small, slovenly hand, on thick, engraved paper. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
That slovenly imitator of the Greeks, who disfigures the creation by making the. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
Earth dirt he had no objection to; slovenly dirt was as abhorrent to him as vice. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
Even the officers 'wives have a slovenly, faded look; and I can honestly say that. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
They were wooden-faced, slovenly-looking creatures almost disgusting in appearance. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades] Reference
Poketown is unsanitary -- so Dr. Poole says -- and we know it's always been slovenly. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
He claimed it was because of Bill's loud music, erratic mowing, and slovenly dress. From Wordnik.com. [The Boundary Line] Reference
Such a slovenly set you never saw, -- the women with frizzled hair and slipshod shoes. From Wordnik.com. [The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster] Reference
Before he stopped talking to the press, he called Leavitt "idle, slovenly and dishonest.". From Wordnik.com. [Not With My Life, You Don't] Reference
IF YOU THINK HACKERS ARE slovenly teenagers, "Giga Bites" will only confirm your suspicions. From Wordnik.com. [Good News For Spam Lovers] Reference
He was, without exception, the most slovenly officer I ever had the misfortune to sail with. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
The marks were such jumbles, such a slovenly language, such esoteric nonsense, I had thought. From Wordnik.com. [Magic X] Reference
This flashy ubermensch is as heroic as he is slovenly, misogynistic, violent and, uh, Italian. From Wordnik.com. [The Webbed Wonder] Reference
He offers 12 rules that are "a strong lesson in a slovenly age," as The New York Times put it. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons From The Past] Reference
But these few changes only made the general run of Poketown institutions appear more slovenly. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
Be neat, for the well-groomed woman, though plain, is more attractive than the slovenly beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Cupology How to Be Entertaining] Reference
"We all have our assigned jobs, and all know that one slovenly job may cost us dearly," he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolutions of Time] Reference
She could forgive him for his slovenly work habits believing he was too good to work a 9-5 job. From Wordnik.com. [ANNIES CHASE] Reference
At last, however, they sent up two hoists in rather a slovenly fashion, one going up after the other. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
He was not altogether an unread man, but his manners were like his dress, slovenly, and too often coarse. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
'Cause on outtakes, quite often the thing about the stuff you haven't used, it's very unfinished, just a bit slovenly. From Wordnik.com. [Mick Jagger: Old 'Exile,' New Lyrics] Reference
All the tresses in such condition that I have ever gazed upon have looked most slovenly and ofttimes positively waggish. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture] Reference
The slovenly arrogance of the late millennium -- that you could be a slob because you were going to be a billionaire -- has passed. From Wordnik.com. [Armani After All] Reference
Those who are slovenly or careless in their habits are unfit for refined society, and cannot possibly make a good appearance in it. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
To conduct an important interview without the intervention of this functionary would convey to the Turks an idea of slovenly negligence. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
Seeing as two victims of DeCoster's slovenly egg production system were witnesses at the hearing, the apology was appropriate and welcome. From Wordnik.com. [David Kirby: Factory Farmer's Apology Will Not Make Eggs Safer] Reference
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