Usually means: Negligent and untidy in appearance.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word slatternly:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. slatternly: Merriam-Webster
  2. slatternly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. slatternly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. slatternly: Collins English Dictionary
  5. slatternly: Vocabulary.com
  6. slatternly: Wordnik
  7. slatternly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. slatternly: Wiktionary
  9. slatternly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. slatternly: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. slatternly: Dictionary.com
  12. Slatternly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. slatternly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. slatternly: Rhymezone
  15. Slatternly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. slatternly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. slatternly: FreeDictionary.org
  18. slatternly: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. slatternly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. slatternly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slatternly: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slatternly: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern.
▸ adverb:  In a slatternly manner.

Similar:
untidy, blowsy, sluttish, blowzy, slatternish, slutish, slaggy, draggle-tailed, slutlike, slackery, more...

Opposite:
tidy, neat, organized, immaculate

Types:
unkempt, slovenly, frowzy, frowsy, bedraggled, mussy, more...

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Similar:
untidy, blowsy, sluttish, blowzy, slatternish, slutish, slaggy, draggle-tailed, slutlike, slackery, more...

Opposite:
tidy, neat, organized, immaculate

Types:
unkempt, slovenly, frowzy, frowsy, bedraggled, mussy, more...



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