Literary notes about Slapdash (AI summary)
In literature, "slapdash" is employed to evoke a sense of hasty, careless execution in both behavior and style. Authors use the term to characterize situations or actions that lack meticulous attention, as when a disorderly environment is described as "the most slapdash, disorganized" [1] or methods are deemed inefficient and rushed [2]. It can also convey the whimsical, sometimes irreverent quality of characters whose impulsive actions reflect broader social or artistic critiques—as seen when a character's approach to life or decision-making is noted as unpremeditated [3] or even when creative endeavors stray from the conventional, meticulous craft [4]. This loaded descriptor captures the tension between the vibrant spontaneity in human endeavors and the potential pitfalls of insufficient care, enriching narratives with both irony and critical commentary.
- This place, now, is the most slapdash, disorganized—Young man!
— from Round-and-Round Trip by H. B. (Horace Bowne) Fyfe - Our gratitude to Per Abbat is dashed with regret for his slapdash methods.
— from A History of Spanish Literature by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly - For to him it was intolerable to think in a hurry, to jump to slapdash decisions, to act on instincts that could not be explained.
— from Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey - Would Meissonier or Alma Tadema, say, paint your portrait for three napoleons, and would you pay Slapdash, R.A., fifteen thousand for a larger one?
— from The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Harry Furniss
