slovenly

[US]/ˈslʌvnli/
[UK]/ˈslʌvnli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. skummelig eller uordnet i utseende eller vaner
adv. på en skummelig eller uordnet måte

Example Sentences

Don’t slouch in that slovenly way!

Ikke slappe deg på den sløv måten!

People were scandalized at the slovenly management of the company.

Folk var skandalisert over den slappe forvaltningen i selskapet.

his elegance is a living reproach to our slovenly habits.

hans eleganse er en levende skam over våre sløse vaner.

he was upbraided for his slovenly appearance.

han ble straffet for sin sliten utseende.

Real-world Examples

And you...you are an unbelievable slob. A slovenly, angry intern. I am Preston Burke.

Og du...du er en uforståelig slob. En sliten, vred intern. Jeg er Preston Burke.

Source: Grey's Anatomy Season 2

They viewed the Rattlers as dirty and tough and kind of slovenly slobs.

De så på Rattlers som nakne og nakne og litt sliten slob.

Source: Yale University Open Course: Introduction to Psychology

She disapproved of all her neighbors because of their slovenly housekeeping, and the women thought her very proud.

Hun var uenig med alle sine naboer på grunn av deres sliten husarbeid, og kvinnen syntes hun var veldig stolt.

Source: Ah, pioneers!

He could barely take her meaning, for she spoke in a slovenly way, also, she kept her face turned aside.

Han kunne knapt forstå hennes mening, for hun snakket på en sliten måte, også holdt hun ansiktet bort fra.

Source: The Growth of the Earth (Part 1)

The young girls of Paris are not at all fond of persons of a certain age, especially when they are slovenly.

De unge jentene i Paris er i det minste ikke i det minste glad for personer av en viss alder, spesielt når de er sliten.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

She was slovenly, she received her suitors in untidy rags, even when good dresses of my giving hung in her cupboard.

Hun var sliten, hun mottok sine søkere i nakne klær, selv når gode klær fra meg hengt i hennes skap.

Source: Cross Creek (Part 2)

In these two slovenly figures, with their coarse lips, teeth, and noses (Ostrodumov was even pock-marked), there was something honest and firm and persevering.

I disse to sliten figurer, med deres grove lepper, tenn og nesen (Ostrodumov hadde til og med pustepærer), var det noe ærlig og fast og vedholdende.

Source: Virgin Land (Part 1)

If he is slovenly in his ninety-nine cases of talking, he can seldom pull himself up to strength and exactitude in the hundredth case of writing.

Hvis han er sliten i sine nittinius fall av snakke, kan han sjeldent trekke seg opp til styrke og nøyaktighet i hundre fall av skrive.

Source: Southwest Associated University English Textbook

When driven with his mates to the new owners' camp, Buck saw a slipshod and slovenly affair, tent half stretched, dishes unwashed, everything in disorder; also, he saw a woman.

Når han ble ført med sine venner til eierne sine leir, så Buck en sliten og sliten saken, telt halv strekk, tallerkenes ikke vasket, alt i kaos; også så han en kvinne.

Source: The Call of the Wild

There was but one thing to mar Martin Poyser's pleasure in this dance: it was that he was always in close contact with Luke Britton, that slovenly farmer.

Det var bare én ting som forstyrret Martins Poyser glede i denne dansen: det var at han alltid hadde tett kontakt med Luke Britton, den sliten bonde.

Source: Adam Bede (Volume 3)

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