noun
Meaning 1
The state or quality of being slovenly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
slovenliness
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
The result or product of being slovenly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
habitual uncleanliness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: uncleanliness
Narrower terms: slatternliness, sluttishness
noun
Meaning 4
a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sloppiness, unkemptness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: untidiness
Narrower terms: shagginess
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English slovenly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English slovenliness From slovenly + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: pintilik — state or quality of being slovenly
- Bulgarian: немарливост (nemarlivost) — state or quality of being slovenly
- German: Schludrigkeit — state or quality of being slovenly
- German: Nachlässigkeit — state or quality of being slovenly
- Greek: λετσαρία (letsaría) — state or quality of being slovenly
- Hungarian: ápolatlanság — state or quality of being slovenly
- Italian: trasandatezza — state or quality of being slovenly
- Italian: sciattezza — state or quality of being slovenly
- Latvian: netīrīgums — state or quality of being slovenly
- Polish: abnegacja — state or quality of being slovenly
- Russian: неря́шливость (nerjášlivostʹ) — state or quality of being slovenly
- Swedish: sjabbighet — state or quality of being slovenly