| 单词 | slovenly |
| 例句 | Also, even if a dangler is in no danger of being misinterpreted, enough readers have trained themselves to spot danglers that a writer who leaves it incurs the risk of being judged as slovenly. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They tended to be stolid, slovenly, heavy, and to my eyes effeminate—not in the sense of delicacy, etc., but in just the opposite sense: a gross, bland fleshiness, a bovinity without point or edge. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The poor and slovenly people of De Koven Street — specifically Mrs. O’Leary and her cow — were the cause of the fire and the destruction of Chicago. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z 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. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z The slovenly, wide-hipped lady who always wore a black bonnet and muttered to herself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “My little sister is a creature of slovenly habits,” Jerome said, looking around. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The dining table hosts a permanent slovenly debris, of books, mainly, plus assorted stationery, old pencil-heckled text printouts, plastic bags like an invasion of blowsy desiccated jellyfish, and a set of half-broken opera glasses. My secret hoarding shame: I lived with my trash. It was time to throw it all away 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Even the most slovenly man is generally considered OK, provided he wears a suit and tie and remembers to shave. 'Why should I have to work on stilts?': the women fighting sexist dress codes 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z With her unstable, high-strung temperament, Malony’s slovenly mother, who is too intimidated by him to set boundaries, is almost as unstable as he is. Review: ‘Standing Tall,’ a Boy’s Encounter With the Law 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Boyle isn't the slovenly hick he seems to be; there's substance in his method. 'The Guard': Sparks fly as mismatched cops team up 2011-08-11T20:58:05Z She’s a put-together advertising type; he’s a slovenly writer given to inane jokes and tongue-tied gurgles in the presence of attractive women. Movie Review: ‘I Give It a Year,’ a Comedy by Dan Mazer 2013-08-09T00:44:18Z Walpole commissioned the piece for his Gothic castle, Strawberry Hill, but found it disappointing, writing that “the details are slovenly, the faces only red and white.” Masterpieces From Scotland Visit the Frick 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Because they weren’t building a new radio format or otherwise engaging with the mainstream, each moved in the directions that felt authentic to it, toward pop clarity or progressive twiddle or slovenly roaring. Review: Baroness, Rebuilt Without Edges, Plays at Saint Vitus 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Tom Hanks alone appears and reappears as a cackling Victorian doctor, a slovenly Scottish hotelier, a tattooed tribal elder and a roustabout Irish novelist, complete with diamond stud and silver chain. Cloud Atlas – review 2013-02-21T21:03:01Z It was a leisurely and slovenly "Pag" that felt like a comfortable old operatic shoe that no longer has any support but is retained out of sentimentality. Dudamel coaxes a sense of urgency from two of opera's staples 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z The songs we haven't heard, apart from the terrific The Morning, are slovenly and superficial. Readers' reviews: Muse, Kanye West Presents GOOD Music, Bloc Party 2012-10-01T17:17:06Z It's us at our most geeky, while 'Shaun' was us at our most slovenly, and 'Hot Fuzz' was me at my fittest and Nick at his thickest. Road trip to Area 51 uncovers alien named "Paul" 2011-03-15T19:49:36Z However, there's a lot underneath the occasionally slovenly surface — something they would maybe recognize if they watched Columbo in the kitchen, specifically the way he makes an omelet. From "Columbo" to "Only Murders," a pop culture survey of men making omelets 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z I’m afraid it would deliver the unintended, unfortunate message that feminists are old, fat and slovenly. Feminism 1, Gene 0 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Even before Dewey Finn, the slovenly but well-intentioned substitute music teacher of “School of Rock,” arrives on Broadway, Andrew Lloyd Webber is giving students the opportunity to bring him to their theaters and auditoriums. Lloyd Webber Gives Green Light to School Performances of 'School of Rock' 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z I hate to use “Lynchian,” a term frequently — and slovenly — invoked for films with a merely surrealist bent. ‘Giving Birth to a Butterfly’ Review: Melancholy and Menace 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Kondo marshals a few studies that show co-workers think neatniks are more trustworthy, intelligent and kind than their slovenly colleagues; and are more likely to be promoted. As Economy Is Upended, Marie Kondo Drops a Workplace Book 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z In almost all of his roles, from the loveable, slovenly Max on "Happy Endings" to the titular interloper of 2023's "Who Invited Charlie?" From "Happy Endings" to "FUBAR," Adam Pally's goal is to "find the unexpected" chaos in each role 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z He did, realizing only after he was in the room with his subject that perhaps he seemed inappropriately slovenly, since he had a habit of wiping his brushes off on his right pant leg. David Shepherd, Who Both Painted and Preserved Wildlife, Dies at 86 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z "This guy had a really tumultuous life," said the Oscar-winning actor, who came to the set of "Exodus" fresh off playing a slovenly con man in David O'Russell's "American Hustle." Ridley Scott's 'Exodus' casts a wide net of spectacle and family 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z It seems like an innocuous sentiment, but in reality the memorialization of American tragedy in the absence of critical scrutiny nurtures a slovenly, mechanical commitment to age-old mythologies of U.S. exceptionalism. Matt Lauer, pleasant corporate stooge: America’s double standard on politicizing the Olympics 2014-02-14T16:34:00Z Stocky and slovenly as Dan, he develops a charming, self-deprecating rapport with the audience early on. | 'The Kid': A Gay Couple Adopting, From New Group@Theater Row 2010-05-11T04:18:00Z She then provides a devastating “sampling of Ron Chernow’s descriptions of Mary Washington,” which include: “self-centered,” “querulous,” “crude,” “coarse,” “hypocritical,” “slovenly,” “strangely indifferent,” “crusty” and “complainer.” What the History Books Won’t Tell You About George Washington 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z He got involved, and is one of the executive producers as well as a lead, playing the slovenly Oscar as a sports radio talk show host. TCA 2015: CBS' 'The Odd Couple': Old premise, new guys, new jokes 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The crowd sipping pricey cocktails is a mix of slovenly clad snowboarders and dressed-to-impress partygoers, all crammed within its fire-engine red walls. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Mammoth Lakes, Calif. 2011-02-24T19:16:46Z “They get to look like old melted candles, as if their bodies were preparing to waddle. Irish get slovenly and dirty. Anglo-Saxons get frayed and worn.” Fitzgerald and the Jews 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The great detective stopped and said, “I hear a step upon the stair. It will be a slovenly mustached man of advanced age.” Perspective | Gene Weingarten: A new dog. A closed door. A mysterious puddle. Can Sherlock Holmes solve this case? 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Judd Apatow’s office looks a lot like a workspace that might be inhabited by a slovenly, immature character from one of his movies or TV shows. ‘Life is messy’: Judd Apatow on Freaks and Geeks, Lena Dunham and his return to standup 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z You won't find a wittier, drier, more intellectual or more slovenly heroine than Atalanta, nor a more sympathetic foil than her friend Pansy. Teen book club: Lydia Syson's top 10 historical novels 2012-11-29T16:39:14Z The younger, somewhat slovenly and unorganized Berninger cuts a very different figure than his older, intense and brooding brother. Tribeca fest dedicated to Boston on opening night 2013-04-18T05:46:06Z His tone was heavily overladen with vibrato, and some of the playing he drew from the orchestral strings was slovenly. Review: Seattle Symphony concert best when it came to Beaser and Berlioz 2011-02-18T19:14:04Z She devotes a chapter of the biography to the unsuccessful libel suit brought by a family who thought they saw themselves reflected in the brood of slovenly Ma and Pa Kettle. The plucky author behind the classic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Not just pigs rutting in muck filthy, but the filth plundered from the slovenly depths of the human psyche for the sake of a laugh. Funny, messy and real: why Sharon Horgan is the most watchable woman on TV 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Falk had a wide-ranging career in comedy and drama, in the movies and onstage, before and during the three-and-a-half decades in which he portrayed the slovenly but canny lead on “Columbo.” Peter Falk, Rumpled and Crafty Actor on ?Columbo,? Dies at 83 2011-06-24T18:55:12Z There is no clearer indication that this is a dark time in the world's history than the fact that the director who made the slovenly, inept Watchmen is now getting to reboot Superman. Man of Steel: why Hollywood needs a break from superhero movies 2013-06-11T15:48:00Z A half-dozen prints here depict Kiefer in the same rear view Friedrich favored; he performs the Hitler salute, but with slovenly hair, rumpled clothes, the picture of German failure. ‘Rear View’ Is Rather Forward Thinking 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z And that Jim Jefferies — a struggling comedian who wanly boasts of his three television appearances — is doing well, compared with the two friends with whom he shares a slovenly Southern California bungalow. Critic’s Notebook: Hapless Men in Tow, ‘Legit’ Returns on FXX 2014-02-25T22:09:14Z “This slovenly article above is so full of outdated information it is painful,” wrote one commenter. What’s going on at Scientific American? Deleted posts, sexism claims, a fired writer. His slovenly, combustible Lee is revealed to be as terrified as he is terrifying, in ways you can’t help identifying with. Review: Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano Go Mano a Mano in the Riveting ‘True West’ 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z “Most writers are geeky and slovenly and could stand to lose 10 pounds,” Mr. Samuels said. His Own Best Character 2011-05-18T20:55:46Z This is an acceptable fashion choice on some island somewhere, a place where people look at you dressed so slovenly and think, that guy’s on to something. Critical Shopper: Tommy Bahama Suits the Relaxed-Fit Crowd 2013-01-23T21:15:20Z It shows freed slaves as slovenly, frivolous, and lazy, and it twists history allusively by naming a mixed-race man “Lynch.” The Black Activist Who Fought Against D. W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z I wouldn't say my appearance is slovenly and lately I've made a token effort with lipstick, but it's been decades since attending the theatre constituted a sartorial event for me. When did we stop getting dressed up for the theatre? 2011-03-31T14:46:41Z It’s too closely associated with slovenly, underperforming young men to convey wealth or style. Blingy vaporizers and gold rolling papers: luxury cannabis brands court the affluent 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The figure-denying suits and cocoon dresses, the almost slovenly knits and custard pants, seemed to say, tauntingly, “Don’t judge me for my looks.” | Fashion Review: It?s Hard to Be Sexy 2011-03-07T23:00:41Z “Goblin mode” is a slang term referring to “a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations.” The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Bernie Sanders can pound the hustings looking like he slept in his clothes and people equate the wrinkled suit with being an absent-minded professor type rather than just a slovenly mess. Perspective | The message from the Paris runways is simple: Buy a suit and get to work 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Because, really, how slovenly is it to use invisible aliens? Movie Review: ?The Darkest Hour,? Directed by Chris Gorak - Review 2011-12-26T20:57:42Z Quite a bit larger than Mr. Tuttle’s usual work, these pieces evince a somewhat slovenly, art-supplies Constructivism that is characteristically light, ephemeral and full of joy. Art Review: Sculpture in High Relief 2011-05-19T22:00:20Z Think of Silicon Valley, and the notoriously slovenly offices of early Facebook, sticky with beer. As Economy Is Upended, Marie Kondo Drops a Workplace Book 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z You are thinking that someone as slovenly as I am must be a pain to live with. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Don’t just fix the problem. Kluge it. 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Americans were lured by an age-old marketing approach, one utilized by razor and makeup entrepreneurs: convince consumers your products will transform their lives, and elevate an unkempt and slovenly appearance to a prosperous one. Born to rewild: why now is the perfect time to make your lawn an eco-paradise 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Dispensing with his usual jeans and a T-shirt, he wore a skinny tie and a black suit, a costume that made him look less like a slovenly everyman than the showbiz star that he is. Review: Louis C.K., Performing His Best Stand-Up Since 2010 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z “People think ‘fat’ means slovenly, uncontrolled, dirty or lazy,” Ms. Ipox said. They’re Not Afraid to Say It: ‘Fat Yoga’ 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z His slovenly wardrobe and manners also improved, though he still made calls at the dinner table, scolded liberals and worked his teeth with a toothpick at inappropriate times. My Father’s Last Romance 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The way is cleared for W. F., with his aura of slovenly glamour and precise knowledge of the cooking temperature of heroin, to steal the show. Review: ‘The Only Living Boy in New York’ Rejects Dad’s Money but Not His Mistress 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Yes, because such slovenly behaviour is a cinematic tradition, the cornerstone of the moviegoing experience. How A Quiet Place became a cause célèbre for anti-popcorn crusaders 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Logue's Bullock is too much of a slovenly, lackadaisical cynic to argue the point. 'Gotham' is Batman & Co. before they were Batman & Co. 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Ms. Elder sang in a flat-featured moan, and Mr. Valentine in a tuneless mumble; when they vocalized together, the effect was slovenly. Music Review: Joshua Light Show in Residence at Abrons Arts Center 2010-05-14T21:54:00Z Based on the memoir of the same name, the film stars McCarthy as Lee Israel, an alcoholic, slovenly, down on her luck and deeply antisocial author once known for her biographies of notable women. Melissa McCarthy, as you haven't seen her: Why her "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" Oscar nod is a thrill 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z The slovenly man-child paired with the attractive partner is old hat, and the sitcom dynamic between sad-sack husband and nagging wife feels unintentionally regressive. ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ Review: Pride and Pole Dancing Behind Glass 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z But all the scenes whether the grand but decrepit spiral stair in “Staircase Old,” or the untitled image of a slovenly library devoid of furniture — suggest messy aftermaths. What to See Right Now in New York Art Galleries 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Not the theory, and not Chandler’s idealistic efforts to remake the slovenly police force in his own image. The Week Ahead: Oct. 23 ? 29 2011-10-21T18:04:22Z He played a sports talk radio host in Go On; a sports arena manager in Mr Sunshine; and a slovenly flatmate in The Odd Couple. Matthew Perry obituary: Friends brought fame but couldn't quell personal demons 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z He is a slovenly and craven man with the appeal of a carnivorous sloth, and he has thus far been able to waddle his way through life without accountability. The Jan. 6 Trump indictment is traumatic — and cathartic: We may be free of him at last 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Many know the years before the Renaissance and Enlightenment that followed as Europe’s “Dark Ages,” a time of backward, slovenly, and brutal people who were technologically primitive and hopelessly superstitious. What life in Medieval Europe was really like 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z There’s no defense for the slovenly ethics of the past. Commentary: Richard Gilman, the complicated subject of a new memoir, helped raise the bar for theater criticism 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z With an impeccable sense of fashion and dazzling looks — columnist Walter Winchell once declared her “gorgeous” — Mrs. Smith cut a memorable profile in newsrooms where slovenly, ink- and coffee-stained attire was more the norm. Bernadette Carey Smith, barrier-breaking reporter, dies at 83 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z So, slovenly interviewing by Fox hosts pandering to fickle viewers could be presented as a defense against liability for defamation. Opinion | How the Dominion defamation suit against Fox News will test a Delaware court 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z As the Oxford English Dictionary has it, the 2022 winner describes behavior that is "unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations." Words of the year 2022: We were gaslit in goblin mode 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z But the common image of medieval people as slovenly, unwashed, and lacking hygiene is false. What life in Medieval Europe was really like 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Technobabble sounds convincing — to some folks, anyway — only when it comes from people who fit the stereotype of the "computer genius" that has been built up over the past few decades: White, male and slovenly. Cryptocurrency was always a scam — powered by white male privilege 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z It defines the term as “a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations.” Oxford Dictionaries names ‘goblin mode’ its word of the year 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z The winning word, "goblin mode", is a slang term describing "unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy" behaviour. Oxford word of the year 2022 revealed as 'goblin mode' 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z At first, he recalled, he did not fit in among American reporters, with their salty manner and slovenly dress. Marino de Medici, dean of Washington foreign correspondents, dies at 89 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z He strayed off the reservation, and they grew tired of his gross lack of taste and slovenly appearance. Liz Cheney's smug, self-satisfied con job: Don't fall for it 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Technobabble sounds convincing — to some folks, anyway — only when it comes from the mouths of "computer geniuses," who by definition are white, male and slovenly. Cryptocurrency was always a scam — powered by white male privilege 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Our attempt to respectfully bind the national wounds becomes a lesser version of the Republicans’ capitulation to the slovenly ignorance of the Trumpers. Review | This primal scream over Trump’s enablers provides only a partial catharsis 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z It went on to explain it as "a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations". Oxford word of the year 2022 revealed as 'goblin mode' 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z “He looked around and it was all hiking boots and slovenly dressed people. Held out for five to six years before he dumped the rubbers.” What it takes to be considered a true Seattleite and PNW local 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump, who mercilessly attacked Hillary Clinton for using a private email server, turned out to be a slovenly steward of the people’s property. Opinion | Documents weren’t the only things Trump tore up while in office 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Lording over all of them is Jackson Lamb, their brilliant, slovenly and spectacularly offensive boss, who both ridicules them and fearlessly defends them. Get your crime fiction fix with new books from Walter Mosley, Belinda Bauer and Mick Herron 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Pacific Gas & Electric, whose slovenly power grid caused numerous devastating wildfires in California, the worst of them killing 85 in the town of Paradise and destroying 18,000 buildings. Review | Corruption and greed in America’s new Gilded Age 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Even slovenly dress has become a point of contention in certain communities. Loud sex, thunderous dancing: how coronavirus strains neighborly ties 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Always going to work in a blazer and tie, Yaro presented an amusing contrast to the slovenly, rumpled photographer known as Animal on “Lou Grant.” Boris Yaro, Times photographer who took iconic image of mortally wounded RFK, dies 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z “Garner was harmless, but he was also a massive, conspicuous, slovenly dressed black man standing on a city block during work hours,” Taibbi writes. The new "Black Codes" 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z “Jackie Gleason, apart from being a hilarious comic, was also an incredibly gifted dancer and graceful. We didn’t want the animators to necessarily say, OK, this is sort of a slovenly, schlubby type of character.’ Spooky, kooky — and beloved: Why they can't kill the 'Addams Family' 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z It’s all a joke, of course, and a pretty good one: The slovenly emcee gets to roast a few famous people, who prove themselves to be excellent sports as they register their contempt. Review: 'Between Two Ferns: The Movie' brings Zach Galifianakis' hilarious web series to Netflix 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z The fact that City’s breakthrough came while they were at a numerical disadvantage – Sané was having an injury assessed on the sidelines – spoke of how slovenly Liverpool had started. Gabriel Jesus seals Community Shield for Manchester City in penalty shootout 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z But Watford still needed slovenly finishing from West Ham to keep a fourth Premier League clean sheet of the season. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z Yet Shiv has a slovenly, impulsive perversity of her own. “Succession” ’s Satisfyingly Nasty Family Ties 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Simon cemented that success two years later with “The Odd Couple,” a comedy about bickering roommates: Oscar, a gruff, slovenly sportswriter, and Felix, a neat, fussy photographer. Neil Simon, Broadway’s master of comedy, dies at 91 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z And yet the sight of their slovenly selfishness is commonplace. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z In these books, we Americans are portrayed horribly — somehow simultaneously slovenly and uptight, perpetually dressed in spandex yet overweight, arrogant yet superficially friendly, impervious to pleasure and obsessed with mammon. Letter of Recommendation: ‘Live Like a French Woman’ Books 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Their slovenly, overweight bodies are emblematic of their lack of mature self-control. With Roseanne Barr gone, will the US working-class be erased from TV? | Joan C Williams 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z But it is sad that we are so slovenly in almost all things today - travel internationally, and you can usually spot the Americans by how poorly we dress. The Elegant Relic of Restaurant Row 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z His evaluations even noted that he needed to tend more to his personal hygiene — his teeth were rotting and he wore “slovenly clothes,” according to “Betrayal.” ‘Rick is a goddamn Russian spy’: Does the CIA have a new Aldrich Ames on its hands? 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z I am itching for the day when someone puts together a cogent alternative to the two slovenly groups we empower. Opinion | The New Democratic Party 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Why the British press insists on adopting this slovenly American custom is beyond us. Put a “gate” on it: We’ve made every minor scandal equal to Nixon’s Constitutional crisis 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z When trussed in a tie, he sees himself as a pitiful Don Draper wannabe, he added, while unsecured collars remind him of slovenly undergrads. Can I Button My Shirt All the Way Without a Tie—and Not Look Pretentious? 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z More comfortable than street shoes, less slovenly than Uggs, this better class of slipper—ideal for entertaining at home—is distinguished by both craftsmanship and materials. Why Stylish Guys Own ‘House Shoes’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z He was responding to the most deflating moment of a convulsive season, three hours of slovenly poor football in a game that began and ended with infuriating displays of incompetence. Jay Gruden lights into the Redskins, who seem to need it 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Spotting a heavyset, somewhat slovenly man in a Harvard T-shirt, huffing and puffing his way up the subway stairs, an otherwise enlightened woman might think to herself, “He couldn’t possibly have gone to Harvard.” Policing Bias in the Ranks 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Ireland hold firm and the move fizzles out, but Lukaku will at least draw encouragement from his first contribution since his slovenly display against Italy. Belgium v Republic of Ireland: Euro 2016 – live! 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z But an “inexcusably slovenly” British Olympic Association failed to read the schedule for the trial heats carefully and never protested the Sunday timetable. Was this Olympic star as saintly as he appeared? 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Maybe your spouse is a neat freak, always complaining about your slovenly ways. Does It Make Financial Sense to Hire a Cleaning Service? 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Cameron's technique was criticised by some at the time, even calling her work "slovenly". Julia Margaret Cameron at the V&A - BBC News 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z As fastidious as he was about his singing, Sinatra could be slovenly about his movies. Getting Under His Skin 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Ireland hold firm and the move fizzles out, but Lukaku will at least draw encouragement from his first contribution since his slovenly display against Italy. Belgium v Republic of Ireland: Euro 2016 – live! 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z By choosing to don sports coats and ties, he has staged a quiet rebellion against the slovenly style monotony of Silicon Valley. Decoding Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom’s Sharp Style 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z And then on May 17 of this year, Don—who’d admittedly grown quite slovenly himself—was gone. TV Guides: Where to Find Style Inspiration on the Small Screen 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Danny, unkempt and slovenly but honest and easygoing, upends the prescribed wellness programs of Power 4 Life. Review: Bujalski bulks up with a starrier cast in ‘Results’ 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z In other words, men are simply more slovenly than women, and less averse to filth. Study: Men are lazy to their core 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z “The worst stereotypes come out in such depictions: mentally ill individuals as incompetent, dangerous, slovenly, undeserving,” says Stephen Hinshaw, a professor of psychology at the University of California–Berkeley. How Mental Illness is Misrepresented in the Media 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z It is, instead, evidence of its slow and slovenly triumph. Is Most of Our DNA Garbage? 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z His characters - moth-eaten grannies, yobbish teenagers and slovenly mothers - often came from the lower end of British society. Been and Gone: The woman who swam with sharks, and the man who booked the Beatles 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z And I’ve seen the desks of such intensively creative types as Mark Twain, Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein, that some claim to be slovenly. How to organize your desk to do your best work 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z I am a sports writer, and department stores already devote entire sections to my slovenly demographic: men’s sportswear. The Suit Is Back (If It Ever Really Went Away) Also, even if a dangler is in no danger of being misinterpreted, enough readers have trained themselves to spot danglers that a writer who leaves it incurs the risk of being judged as slovenly. Steven Pinker: 10 'grammar rules' it's OK to break (sometimes) 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z He was best known for co-writing and performing in "The Young Ones," a sitcom about slovenly students that was much loved by those it satirized. British comedian Rik Mayall dies at 56 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z I’ve also used the phone’s pedometer to alert me to days when I’m being especially slovenly — particularly since I don’t own a FitBit or FuelBand or any other dedicated fitness gadgets. Does Samsung's New Stress Monitoring App Actually Work? 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Its rules tend to be anodyne, and the people who most need them, the bullying bosses and the slovenly, rude colleagues, are the least likely to consult a guide such as this. A Guide To Business Etiquette: What's New? 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z But fashion magazines today—following the dictate of 1960s fashion photography, “the weirder, the better”—often present only the spectacular, the slovenly and the seductive. Dressing for Failure: How the Death of Home Ec Unraveled American Fashion 2014-05-08T04:01:23Z It is a slovenly piece of legislation that will need constant modification and in some cases structural overhaul. Obamacare: Mend it, Don’t End it 2014-04-03T10:08:56Z We have the grotesque, the infantile, the complaining, the slovenly and the lazy. Doctors can be fat-shamers too 2014-03-24T00:00:00Z The project calls to mind the traditional stereotypes of nerds as slovenly and badly dressed. Player Exposes Magic: the Gathering for Everything It’s Cracked Up to Be 2014-03-11T17:11:48Z He feared the "clipped and slovenly London jargon" would overwhelm the "older tradition"―and founded The Society for Pure English. The map that saved the London Underground 2014-01-10T01:10:43Z It conjures up images of a petulant child, wailing for candy in the grocery store aisle, or a slovenly freeloader demanding something for nothing. In defense of “entitlements” 2013-12-19T13:15:00Z “I’m Austrian, and we have a word — schlampig, which means slovenly. In a nice way.” Reviving Elaine’s Without Elaine 2013-12-06T20:21:54Z What data and evidence do you have of "their" squatting in NYC and for, again, "their" children's poor academic results, as opposed to the regular slovenly results of most of our American kids? New York City: You probably can't make it here 2013-08-30T16:25:33Z It continues a slovenly week for Barack Obama. Joe Klein: The IRS Scandal Taints Obama's Clean Presidential Legacy 2013-05-11T21:05:24Z The city is both towering and expansive, a blend of baroque architecture, slovenly hovels and booming industry. Thief preview part one: 'It's not a sequel. It's something new' 2013-04-15T15:57:07Z Hanley, the Blackburn Rovers defender, looked particularly nervous and was fortunate to get away with a couple of slovenly passes that could easily have been punished on another occasion. Scotland 1-2 Wales 2013-03-22T22:10:24Z Though Americans are slovenly in their outward appearance, he said, it is “completely unacceptable” to show up at work in the same outfit two days in a row. Moscow Journal: Book Gives Russians Close-Up of American Minutiae 2012-12-10T22:54:51Z “Was it a matter of slovenly manufacturing practices inside this particular compounder, or were they buying unsafe components that they were putting into this?” he said. New Scrutiny of Company That Made Tainted Drug 2012-10-18T01:45:28Z At other times, though, play was erratic and slovenly. Baseball in France Persists on Love of the Game, Not Money 2012-08-29T01:42:14Z You are talking about really poorly educated, slovenly slobs.” Major Trepidation Over Olympic Security 2012-07-14T18:32:26Z We all know that journalists are a slovenly bunch, and I'm sure no eyebrows would be raised were you to turn up at your desk in egg-stained Y-fronts and a fuchsia foulard. Should you do business in a hoodie? 2012-05-19T17:00:01Z The surface is worn, and the arrangement of figures of the two shapes may have been more regular than now appears; but the painting was slovenly at best. j, no. Mohave Pottery 2012-04-26T02:00:09.420Z His clothes are of a very common description, rather slovenly and untidy, and his shoes are slipshod. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z We don’t dress fancy — it’s not bow ties and bonnets — but we don’t look slovenly. | Brian D?arcy James: Brian d?Arcy James?s Weekends Are Filled With Play Dates and Gym 2012-04-07T04:05:17Z Now, one of the man's peculiarities was that he liked to see his office tidy, whereas he himself was one of the most slovenly people in the world. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z We thus degenerate, after repeated failures, into a slovenly style of art; and that which was at first an undisciplined and irregular impulse becomes a habit, and then a theory. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z The execution of this painting is often enough slovenly; but it is firm in aim. Mohave Pottery 2012-04-26T02:00:09.420Z Let us peep for a moment into the home; it is a middle-class one, and presents the usual untidy, slovenly and unswept appearance that is characteristic of every such one in the country. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z A slovenly waiter pored over a newspaper at another table in a far corner. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z Even in that light, there was no mistaking his broad, sloping shoulders and his slovenly gait. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Use ingenuity by indirect methods to overcome nasality, stuttering, nervously rapid reading, slovenly and careless expression, monotone, and singsong. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z Many a good drawing has its appearance spoiled through being slovenly dimensioned. An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design 2012-03-06T03:00:25.777Z A workman, for example, will make some exquisite work of art, and yet he will finish off some part that is not obvious to the eye in the most slovenly and inartistic manner. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z At his death in 1786 he was succeeded by his son Charles, the notorious “Jockey of Norfolk,” the big, coarse, generous, slovenly, hard-drinking Whig of whom all the memoir-writers of his age have their anecdotes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z And yet these men and women, working incessantly by day and by night, were almost all Western Islanders—the people who, we are told, are so slovenly and so lazy! Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z The nest is a slovenly structure of sticks on a thorny bush or tree. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z Frequent boiling in the same water, with the slovenly appearance of the operatives, male and female, would suggest a doubt whether plain Penobscot lobster is as toothsome as is supposed. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Charles Jourdain’s collected essays, in which he discusses their authenticity, were published posthumously in 1888; but his Editor makes the slovenly omission of the dates and places of the first publications of the several essays. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z Talboton did not have the slovenly look of so many of the small Southern towns of that period. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z No writer is any the better for slovenly inaccuracy. How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction 2012-02-17T03:00:36.070Z It is a very large slovenly structure of sticks, mixed with bones, pieces of skin, dry dung, and any portable object the bird may find to increase the bulk of his dwelling. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z The man was very stout as well as tall, his dress slovenly and disordered. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z They are exceeding slovenly in their habits, cleanliness being a rare virtue. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z These men had not been drilled for two months, and were slovenly and unsoldierly to a degree, as men must be who have no proper pay, rations, instruction, clothing, or equipments. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z He came forward with a slovenly gait, and downcast looks, and to our inquiries for the keys of the church, he returned for answer, “Yes, but I can’t let you in.” Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z The nest is a slovenly structure of rushes lying on the water, with a very slight depression for the eggs, which are ten or twelve in number. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z The first was a tall burly man in slovenly evening clothes, and with an ungainly rolling walk; after him came Sir Robert himself, and after him again, Isaac White. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The rest of these Indians were neither well formed nor well dressed, but dirty and slovenly. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The doors of this shop were not yet open, but they were presently pushed back, the shutters were taken down, and a dirty-looking girl and a slovenly red-faced man entered the establishment. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z Raddle, rad′l, n. a layer of red pigment—also Redd′le.—v.t. to colour coarsely, as with raddle: to do work in a slovenly way. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z M. Giraud had grown stout in body, too; and his dress was slovenly and in disrepair. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z After these a rush of members; and at the tail of all slouched in the unwieldy, slovenly form of Sir Charles Wetherell, followed by a couple of his satellites. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Both were the first Protestants of their respective houses, both were attached to prelacy rather than to Presbyterianism, and both were wasteful and slovenly in money matters. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z His hair was arranged in a slovenly manner, and hung about his ears. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z The man's clothing was good, but slovenly and neglected. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z To most readers Dickens is as delightful when he writes slovenly sentences as when he writes at his best. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z Pick and dress them neatly, box them carefully, and they will always command a good price and a ready sale; while equally as good stock, slovenly and carelessly thrown together, will go begging. Natural and Artificial Duck Culture 2012-01-04T03:00:33.923Z There was a season for planting yams, and the soil would yield nothing to the slovenly planter. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z They came into the slovenly precincts of the court, and the pigs stared at them from the palings as they had stared years before, at Frank Hazeldean. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z He murmured angrily—then, subsiding again, muttered, with slovenly articulation: "I—I feel fit to drop with sleep." The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z He can deliver immortal Will from his own errors, shield him from the consequences of being at once a god in art and a human man, prone to literary lapses and slovenly work. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z But he employs just as many people as are absolutely necessary, and no more, for getting his corn ready for market, and for preparing, in a slovenly way, for the seed-time. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Questions mumbled, hesitant, caught up and patched over, confused and slovenly,—what wonder if these get slow and mumbled answers? Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z The greatest care appears to have been exercised in the casting, and competition did not engender the slovenly haste which is only too apparent in many of our modern publications. Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z The style, except in the parts written for the Masks, is coarse and slovenly, the versification hasty, the language diffuse, commonplace, and often incorrect. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z First he ran away from his school of convention, and went by any road he liked: he has come ultimately to imitate voluntarily in a slovenly fashion, what he imitated painfully and often successfully before. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z There is a good deal of slovenly writing, and it is puerile to write modern history from printed books; but this is a wonderfully solid performance. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z The characterless, slovenly, indifferent housekeeper is a factor in destroying property, because of the destructive character of the tenants who will tolerate her and her methods. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z The slovenly child will become uneasy under a dirty skin, and the thoughtless one in being behind his time. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z Anything of this kind is better than habitual late hours in company, hurried prayers, slovenly Bible reading, and a bad conscience. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z She was hearing the boorish laugh and the slovenly idiom to-day, when yesterday she had heard the mirth of culture and the phrase of decorum. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z They do a little slovenly agriculture, using buffaloes for ploughing. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Pair a beautiful and successful career woman with a slovenly, unemployed man? The Harsh Bigotry of Twilight-haters 2011-11-21T10:07:00Z He was fully armed; but all his weapons were rusty and soiled and slovenly looking. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z If there is any work which he ought never to slur over, and do in a slovenly fashion, it is the great work of "working out his own salvation." Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z The characters were bold, but slovenly written, and almost illegible, and then somehow the light did not appear strong or bright as it should be. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z He also went up to each to instruct him, praising those whose tasks were well done and gravely chiding those who were slovenly. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z It is the wild, slovenly, buoyant quarter of the Paris of the left bank, known as le Pays Latin—the Land of Latin. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z A dull fire, half-choked with dead cinders, and an ashy hearth, give a slovenly and dreary aspect to the most elegantly furnished parlour. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z A milkman was going his rounds with alto cries, and slovenly cooks and parlour-maids came out of area gates with milk-jugs in their hands. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z She was very ill-favoured and ugly in appearance and very foolish, as well as being of a lazy disposition, and, like all lazy people, she was slovenly and dirty in her habits. Folk-Tales of the Khasis 2011-11-01T02:00:19.730Z He has grown tall and powerful in frame; and yet his gait is somewhat slovenly and negligent, although his step is firm and strong. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z And the things these slovenly voices said had no candour. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z Where others were careless and slovenly, she was well groomed. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z Civilized men would never have resorted to these primitive, rough, and slovenly means, if they had been supplied with the ordinary utensils. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z He dressed himself in the most slovenly way, and worked among the other labourers for his living. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z My good friends in Scotland—for, believe me, I shall ever remember with gratitude my stay in Edinburgh—do not farm their lands in our slovenly fashion. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Of this extract, the style is as slovenly as the leading sentiments are false. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z "No such wife for me," he had said to his mother one evening, when they had just met one of their acquaintances in gaudy finery, which could not hide her slovenly boots or pinned-together dress. Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z He ostentatiously vaunts his unpolished manner and his slovenly habits. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z ‘Paddling’ is an art which is of much importance in order to bring a crew to perfection, and at the same time it is too often done in a slovenly manner compared with hard rowing. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z And yet I must first admit, that my own style in writing this letter is far more loose, and inexact, and slovenly, than ought to be tolerated in even such a letter as this. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Greek servants are as a rule honest, but very slovenly, and at first very raw and unused to the ways of civilized life. Turkey Peeps at Many Lands 2011-09-21T02:00:31.190Z As she looked closer she saw that the other child was uglier than herself, unkind in expression, slovenly in appearance, and tried to hide herself, rather, in the dark corner where she remained. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z Slovenly work means slovenly results, and habits of carefulness, neatness, and order produce as excellent fruits in the laboratory as in the home. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z If you are slovenly, it will be said that I have bad taste. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z All were terribly unkempt and slovenly, and all were in tatters. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z There is nothing slovenly or haphazard about the Indian’s domestic economy, and packing is an interesting and important feature of camp-craft. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z "Stop," cried Weasel, with an officious zeal to make himself useful; "your belt is awry: it is not comely to be seen by his lordship in this slovenly array." Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z Joe Scott stood facing the slovenly single rank which he had contrived to parade in the gathering dusk; and he was arguing with the men while they talked back loudly. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The sleeves of her long striped kaftan hang slovenly down, and her dirty turban gives you the impression that she has slept in it for weeks together. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z And I—oh yes, I believe it, that superstition: a thousand-fold more real is it, more believable, than that coarse-tongued, ill-mannered, boorish people, desperate in slovenly pleasure. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z A careless manner, a slovenly habit, an unprincipled mode of acting, on the part of the Christian, is a serious damage to the cause of Christ, and a dishonor to His holy name. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z In repeating his views that increased revenue would follow upon improvements in the service, he declared that the existing arrangements were slovenly and uncertain, and, in the opinion of merchants, insecure. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z I jeered at his wooden boxes, and made mock of the slovenly troopers who passed upon the road below our camp. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z It was, indeed, an unprecedented event within the memory of the present owners of the establishment, and quite a shock to the slovenly Isobel who opened the door to the very peremptory knock. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z Possessed of the singing voice, the artist's intolerance of slovenly workmanship, and an unerring sense of proportion, Mr. Fawcett should fulfil the most sanguine expectations.... The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z The Patients’ Care of Themselves.—The general tendency of the insane is to mental enfeeblement, to neglect of person, and to slovenly habits. How to Care for the Insane A Manual for Nurses 2011-08-22T02:00:55.510Z Some were dirty and slovenly: the landladies of these called the children "little dears," and said "they doted on children." Salome 2011-08-20T02:00:12.970Z He is at most times a day-laborer, slouchy in his bearing and slovenly in his dress. Frontier Folk 2011-08-19T02:00:11.653Z Of a truth, precision of speech is not frequent in London, and not seldom the delivery of the Englishman of education nowadays may fairly be called slovenly. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z Manuscripts copied by him, or under his direction, had no mistakes or slovenly carelessness about them. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z All this is true; and I will believe that all this is something more than mere theory, when I see the Germans less slovenly in their interior, and less egotistical in their domestic relations. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z As election breeds new life in teaching, the old slovenly habit of liking best what costs least begins to disappear. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z His dress was equally remarkable for the costliness of its material and the negligence of its arrangement; and left the point at issue, whether the costume were the more extravagant or the more slovenly. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z She was slovenly dressed in a brown jacket and skirt of grotesque cut, and her hair was concealed under a voluminous wig of a pitch-black hue. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z "By George, sir, I never saw anything so slovenly and slipshod in my life; disgraceful, sir, positively disgraceful!" A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z Houses may be set on fire, human beings fatally shocked, by the neglect of a bad or slovenly workman. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z These outfits soon proved slovenly; often they were little more than patronage troughs for local Democratic Party honchos — and, remarkably, to this day, they remain the primary dispensers of Head Start funds. Head Start Doesn't Work 2011-07-07T09:15:00Z He was, says Mr. Archer, “so strong and so weak, so manly and so puerile, so poetic and so commonplace, so careful and so slovenly.” The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Rarely, however, does the self-deceived author of such slovenly work deceive his audience. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z One is not, however, very willing to believe that manuscripts of the better class were executed on so slovenly and careless a plan. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z He had ordered a feast to honor their arrival, and the men who prepared it—not knowing for whom it was prepared—cooked it badly and served it in slovenly fashion. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z There is not, as we may see in the works of other masters, that off-handed, or even slovenly want of finish inside while the whole attention of the maker has been concentrated on the exterior. Antonio Stradivari 2011-06-28T02:00:11.050Z The painter was over sixty years old; he had just finished a very poor and slovenly work. Great Masters in Painting: Perugino 2011-06-27T02:00:59.487Z A squad of slovenly soldiers, clad in a uniform I had never before seen, were leaning on their rifles, some little distance away, watching me, while their officer consulted his watch. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z The yard itself was no longer strewn with tin cans and bits of paper, nor did the gate hang half-hinged in slovenly decrepitude. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z "Once for all, I cannot be so slovenly as other women," she has just been saying to her gnashing husband, who looked upon her for eight dumb minutes. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z In truth, he was an odd creature; ignorant of common life, fond of rudely opposing received opinions; slovenly to extreme dirtiness; enthusiastic in some points of religion, and a little knavish withal. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z Victor had no difficulty in recognising him, although his slovenly and negligent working-dress had been changed to his holiday antique black suit. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z This familiar phrase, Anthony Wood informs 335 us, originated in derision of the words, “Hoc est corpus,” slovenly pronounced by the mumbling priest in delivering the emblem as a reality. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z A somewhat slovenly looking craft, wide of beam, unpainted, with stubbed masts, old rigging, and a dirty smother of canvas that had not been even reefed when it was allowed to drop upon the deck. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z "I would rather, in the devil's name, you were the most slovenly in the whole feudal nobility," he replied. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z There was nothing here of the slovenly prairie teamster. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z I was a slovenly writer in those days," he observes in a letter forty years later, "though enough better than my neighbors to have attracted my own attention. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z There is nothing slovenly in Nature, there is as surely nothing slovenly in Lord Leighton's art. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z He became slovenly in his dress and let his hair and beard grow wild. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z In truth, he was an odd fish; ignorant of common life, fond of rudely opposing received opinions, slovenly to extreme dirtiness, enthusiastic in some points of religion, and a little knavish withal. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z Of course, without her mother's aid, easy-going Mollie resumed her former slovenly habits, neglected her hair, her dress, and her finger nails. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z Yes, I was a slovenly writer in those days, though enough better than my neighbors to have attracted my own attention. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z From the Middle Ages onwards, it was used to describe "a woman of dirty, slovenly, or untidy habits or appearance". Why is the word 'slut' so powerful? 2011-05-09T16:38:18Z It is a folly to sit by the fire in a slovenly state, consoling oneself with the remark, "Nobody will call to-day." Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z The old habitué of the ballet was painted, hollow-cheeked, and slovenly, and his voice sounded sepulchral. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z He deals with all Peacock's known writings, giving analysis of each; and he writes with a freshness, a searching clearness and thoroughness delightful in these days of so much slovenly, slipshod criticism. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z Yet he was not by any means an untidy or slovenly man. The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland 2011-04-30T02:00:12.447Z It was used by Thomas Hoccleve in the Letter of Cupid to describe someone who was slovenly or dirty. Why is the word 'slut' so powerful? 2011-05-09T16:38:18Z Should somebody call we are in no plight to receive them, and otherwise it is an injury to the character to allow slovenly habits to control us even when we are unseen. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z You often said that one must not disavow exceptions, that to do so was sloppiness and slovenly and good-nature. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z In my wanderings I have sometimes had the curiosity to try a Temperance Hotel, and always repented it, because experience showed that temperance meant poor diet, stingy appliances, and slovenly accommodations. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z That such halting incoherency would make very slovenly inartistic narratives, I have only to look back on what I have written to see. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z Armed with specific directions, they now sped in the “Comet” out of the inn yard, along the slovenly little street and into the country. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z A tall, slovenly dressed woman answered his ring. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z His style is prolix; his versification, if we omit the Canzoni a Ballo and some sonnets, is slovenly; nor does he show exceptional ability in the conception and conduct of his stories. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The first is neat in his dress, the second slovenly, the third uncomfortable. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z I presume that Wheat and other crops would be devastated by insects if there were no slovenly, niggard, exhausting tillage. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z The soprano with her slovenly duenna in a long French cachemire shawl, the Italian with his two sisters, one on each arm, all fly apart like bits of lead from an exploding shell. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z Putting down the wheel, a Russian marine acted as pilot in a slovenly manner. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z She had forgotten this in her confusion at my arrival and presently came out to fetch it, still in the untidy slovenly dress. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z Mr. Tom Collins, M.P., had the reputation of being the noisiest and most slovenly man in the House of '73, and was commonly known as "Noisy Tom." Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z I cannot doubt that the cultivation, or lack of cultivation, which produces or permits such results, is not merely slovenly, but unthrifty. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z But, besides this, Dryden was a slovenly worker within his own field. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z For the doctor, although he liked to win, cared not for inglorious victory, and was almost as indignant with his opponents as with his partner for any symptom of slovenly play. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z Therefore you must come into her presence and win her favour, not with free-and-easy gait and in slovenly attire, but arrayed in your very best, and with courtly and deferential mien. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Her hair was coiled loosely, and stray wisps hung out in slovenly fashion. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Her dress was of the commonest cotton, and slovenly made, a short print gown being tied round her waist, over a bright-coloured serge petticoat, while in one hand she held a print hood. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z Throughout, the most slovenly appearance pervades the dreary interior. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z It was slovenly and almost wilfully ugly in its speech and gestures. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z No doubt, they sometimes waxed stilted and fell into excess, whether in rhetoric or in conceits, but they never forgot themselves so far as to be slovenly or familiar. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z He is warned against talking too much, turning his back upon any one, standing in a slovenly position, and speaking evil against any one. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The slovenly habits into which Cora had fallen annoyed him seriously; and still more so, when her carelessness about her appearance began to manifest itself abroad as well as at home. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z The more informal an office - as long as it's not slovenly - the better the communication. Suit/flip-flops 2011-02-11T03:08:06Z And it's not the droning, slovenly prayers nor hashed-up political speeches of such men as you, that will show Him to them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Altogether, he was a slovenly specimen for a cavalry soldier—to look at from behind; and his aspect from the front did not alter the impression. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Some readers' tastes, however, are neither prudish nor slovenly. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z Mary, the oldest girl, she found passionate and self-willed; Florence, the second, good-natured, but careless and slovenly; while Margaret, the third, was in ill health, and exceedingly peevish. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z A toilet may be as offensive to good taste and propriety by being too elaborate, as by being slovenly. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z Under favorable conditions and slovenly housekeeping, their multiplication is extremely rapid. Guide to Hotel Housekeeping 2011-01-27T03:00:39.557Z For the widow had a certain indolent Southern negligence, which in a less pretty woman would have been untidiness, and a characteristic hook-and-eye-less freedom of attire, which on less graceful limbs would have been slovenly. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z The Times perceived in "the Celtic twilight" a "slovenly old barbarism." Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z And in this trim Douglass went off to his business, much to the annoyance of his wife, who could not bear to see her husband looking so slovenly. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z Paper is cheap, and a half sheet looks both mean and slovenly. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z However, a slovenly, sharp-eyed man with a push broom, watched them with deep interest. Guilt of the Brass Thieves 2011-01-04T03:01:18.213Z It would be as impossible to imagine Bret Harte taking sides against the oppressed, as it would be to imagine him performing his literary work in a slovenly manner. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Her hair was in a slovenly tangle over one ear. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z But one thing is certain, I never saw her in a slovenly dress afterward, at home or abroad. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z It is much better to let the hair be perfectly smooth, requiring no cap, which is often worn to conceal the lazy, slovenly arrangement of the hair. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z Something loose knit but not slovenly, so elastic that it will embrace anything solemn, slight or beautiful that comes into my mind. Dear diary 2010-12-31T15:40:10Z Once and once only she had seen it open; old Mie had forgotten to shut it; and she had grumbled, had told Truitje that it looked slovenly to leave the door open like that.... Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z Here were placed a few mountain guns under custody of a shivering sentry, there a bugler in slovenly greatcoat blew some call with pinched lips on a battered instrument. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Justice, though generally slovenly and sometimes corrupt, was no worse than in many parts of the United States. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z But the American default position on government spending is skepticism: people are highly susceptible to Republican arguments about waste and stupidity, which are plentiful in this season of mammoth, slovenly Democratic legislation. Encountering Anguish and Anxiety Across America 2010-11-18T14:50:00Z Stupidly my eyes rested on the carefully lettered and numbered shelves of books, and then on the slovenly litter of the table. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z They are never carried beyond the limits of gentlemanly feeling, for loose and slovenly as is Groot Willem in outward appearance, he is a gentleman within. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z What I see in my Queens neighborhood is repulsive…..80% of the population there is fat and slovenly. | The Beach as Landfill 2010-07-09T15:00:00Z As for the rest of you, the slovenly ones, well you haven't heard the last on this from me yet. England v Bangladesh - live! 2010-06-04T09:30:00Z “The English of this book is incorrect & slovenly & its diction, as a rule, barren of distinction,” Twain scribbled in his copy of a 1906 autobiography of Lew Wallace, the Civil War general who wrote “Ben-Hur.” In His Private Books, Signs of Mark Twain as Critic 2010-04-19T01:27:00Z New Orleans Saints guard Carl Nicks made a surprise visit to Nebraska's spring football practice Wednesday — to apologize for his boorish behavior and slovenly work ethic during his days as a Cornhusker. A not-so-corny apology | Sideline Chatter 2010-04-16T02:53:00Z Her gray locks are falling from under her cap and straying in slovenly fashion over her cheeks and forehead. Zula Other houses were slovenly huts of mud and thatch, with a brush corral near by. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open This, one must allow, is a slovenly way of conducting a great empire. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise But then there were the three boys, so repulsive, so slovenly, so rude.... Small Souls But in the present instance the package received at the Treasury was loosely and slovenly wrapped, and the seals seemed to have been put on either in great haste or by an inexperienced hand. True Detective Stories From the archives of the Pinkertons “There, Crisp, I have found him at last,” she said, 220 to a slovenly dressed man who lay at full length on a shabby, worn out couch. Zula Keep your spine straight, and your chest full and flexible for the same reason that you keep your hands clean and your nails manicured; because it is slovenly to do otherwise. The Science of Being Well For their sakes he put up with his fat, slovenly wife and her swarms of relations of various shades of brown. Beggars on Horseback Her husband was a boor; her house pretentious and slovenly; her girls, the two elder, pretentious, priggish, envious; Marie, the youngest girl, a sort of Cinderella, but a sweet, shy, down-trodden, quiet child.... Small Souls Old-fashioned, no doubt; negligent, certainly; yet not altogether slovenly. The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life “I have seen some young gypsy girls who would have been really beautiful had it not been for their slovenly attire and tangled hair.” Zula I have known it to keep men from being slovenly through their regard for the outward respect of others, and cleanliness comes very near to godliness. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec We owe a great deal of our slovenly legislation to his presence in large numbers in Congress and the legislatures. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 "He's all that, mam, yet——" "Why should any man be slovenly and old before his time?" Our Admirable Betty A Romance A slovenly, ragged man came in, his trousers belted with a piece of rope and an opera hat upon his head. The Trembling of the Veil The Empress rated the examiners for allowing such “slovenly work” to pass, and proclaimed another man, whose name was Hsiang, as victor. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology The person of this individual might be said, from its want of symmetry and from a certain slovenly and ungraceful stoop in the head and shoulders, to have been protracted, rather than tall. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency She rose slowly and languidly from the water,—not like a queen, but like the slovenly, heart-broken old slave she was. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 The slovenly learn cleanliness, the vagrant industry, the careless punctuality and order. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them When I think of what I was—illiterate, slovenly, lazy, selfish, brutal, meanly jealous, ignorantly cruel, I see how it was right that she should leave me. A Man in the Open The service was slovenly enough in those days, and the new minor Canon got through it as fast as he could. Under the Mendips A Tale "You stoop, brother, in your gait," she said, "that's a slovenly habit." Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency The chancellor of the cathedral church is charged with the oversight of its schools, ought to read divinity lectures, and superintend the lections in the choir and correct slovenly readers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Then as the months passed, and he grew more and more relaxed and slovenly of spirit under the ease of possession, she came to think that he had never been Endymion at all. Shadows of Flames A Novel After the slovenly towns and cities of Mexico, it was refreshing to note the contrast. Bert Wilson at Panama She went with me, haltingly, and threw herself upon the decrepit horsehair sofa, as I abandoned her and ran downstairs, nearly breaking my neck on account of my slovenly old slippers. A Top-Floor Idyl These were yet spotted over with stumps of trees, that seemed to leave but little freedom to the course of the ploughshare, and bespoke a thriftless and slovenly tillage. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency The style of Cassianus is slovenly, and shows no literary polish, but its direct simplicity is far superior to the rhetorical affectations which disfigure most of the writings of that age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" A slovenly articulation, for example, may be the index of a moral slovenliness, and may react upon the latter. The Voice and Spiritual Education Your good deeds towards Pilgrim are only a cloak for your laziness, and for your slovenly, indolent nature. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. It takes no more time to write clearly than in spidery hieroglyphics, and a slovenly scribble is no proof of cleverness, but rather of carelessness and a tendency to 'scamp' work. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. This I grant may be Vanity in me to say: But if what I believe is true, what a slovenly Conscience do you shew your Face with? A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope It made her tired to think of it, and she sat down on the edge of the slovenly bed and stared hopelessly around the low-ceiled, dingy room. Clover and Blue Grass In the main it is impartial and accurate, but the style is heavy and sometimes slovenly. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" In Lermontov there is nothing slovenly; but there is a great deal that is flat and sullen. An Outline of Russian Literature The rather obscure phrase is obscured the more by its slovenly original punctuation. Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics, Complete, In Their Collated Readings of 1647, 1651, 1657. With an Introduction, Textual Notes, A List of Editions, An Appendis of Translation, and a Portrait. They were cavalry in a very slovenly uniform, dark-blue blouse, and light-blue trousers unstrapped, cut spoon-shape over the boot; cartridge belt, revolver, peaked cap, and worsted gloves—black buttons! From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel He had been going about all these weeks, thinking the record of his precious secret as secure as ever, and all the while it was in the dubious care of a slovenly old Koranna woman. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt I have since been at many a similar place run on a large scale where the appointments were slovenly in comparison. A Veldt Vendetta The nearer view of this ruin causes disappointment, as it appears to have been a slovenly and hasty construction: but, at a distance, its effect is highly picturesque. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. I have borrowed one large quarto, transcribed about the conclusion of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, by an ignorant, slovenly fellow, who has murdered the orthography in a most barbarous manner. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards It was a search for a small boy who should know the river that revealed to me a new phase of life—slack, slovenly, and shiftless, but very interesting. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel They have of course combined small farms into great enterprises, and have driven some slovenly farmers from poor soil. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity There, from the middle classes up, a slovenly man is a rare exception. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Nina, looking more slovenly than ever, had arranged them neatly, according to their nature and importance in separate little piles. The Ambassador His raiment withal was slovenly, consisting of moleskin trousers none too clean, a collarless flannel shirt, also none too clean, and a slouch hat. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley It is borne in upon us how grievously the burden of man's lot is aggravated by slovenly dates, illegible signatures, and forgetfulness that writing is something meant to be read. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Karsten had to repeat what he had said; we always have to speak awfully clearly to Father; he won't stand any slovenly talk. What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself Finally she had the room looking a little less slovenly, not so sordid, and was about to sit down with her magazine. Fidelity A Novel Unquestionably, now that she had revealed herself, this glittering creature was his slovenly office Nina. The Ambassador And when she gets up, she is slovenly laced, A tidy, &c. The Nursery Rhymes of England Furthermore, horses get into a very careless, slovenly way of walking when led round and round in this monotonous fashion daily. Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies He was met by the desk sergeant, a fat, balding man who wore his uniform in a slovenly fashion. Voyage To Eternity Delacroix was, if anything, more slovenly than the rest when at work. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections The accomplished scholar, the agreeable and well-bred man of society, was a severe competitor for the half-educated and slovenly youth, whose awkward and bashful manner seemed rather ill-temper than mere diffidence. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago To read one of his novels, say 'The Three Musketeers,' even in a slovenly translation, is to know more of him than a world of critics and essayists can teach. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 If you do, you will give him a slovenly carriage and habits, and lessen his zeal for the sport. The Dog The Maid-servant, in her apparel, is either slovenly and fine by turns, and dirty always; or she is at all times snug and neat, and dressed according to her station. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Joe Merrill was so incensed at the Contraband’s sauciness, his indifference to the danger, and his slovenly way of handling the General, that he begged me to put down the General and “fix things.” Joseph K. F. Mansfield, Brigadier General of the U.S. Army A Narrative of Events Connected with His Mortal Wounding at Antietam, Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862 Careful serving requires more thought, but little if any more actual time than slovenly serving. American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick He had thick lips, and long, crooked teeth; and his face was covered all over with bushy hair. e was fully armed; but all his weapons were rusty and soiled and slovenly looking. The Irish Fairy Book Children should be taught to talk," he observes one day to Lady Usk, "and they should not be allowed to be slovenly in their speech any more than in their dress. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June There is no difference of opinion about Callao: for it is a filthy, bustling little port, reeking in garlic and drunken mariners, alive with fleas, miserable, dirty soldiers, and their yet more slovenly wives. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia He slumped his shoulders a bit and his staff tilted to a slovenly angle. Under Boy Scout Colors Under his rule the slovenly Hindu town of Baroda became a fine modern city with colleges for men and women, and a technical school. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 The door was opened about six inches and a face with an exceedingly drooping moustache peered out from beneath the slovenly looking cap of a French petty officer of marine. Command The performance of duty was, however, most slovenly, since, as I have already said, escape never occurred to those whose apathy of mind and infirmity of body had made them indifferent to everything. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Inside Judge Garvin's store we came upon a group of slovenly loungers. The Portal of Dreams A pipe in mouth, a jug in hand, A haggard face and pale, A slovenly dress, a slouching gait— These tell the drunkard’s tale. Doctor Bolus and His Patients Even if a legislature was capable of it, the business of the judicial department must, from the same cause, be slovenly done. Essays on the Constitution of the United States And he moved off, in his slovenly fitting uniform and large broad-toed shoes. Command His dress is an exhibition of slovenly grandeur. Physiology of The Opera They maintained, as they rode, the slovenly formation of a hollow square and across their pommels lay repeating rifles. The Portal of Dreams Such a man happens to have an uncouth manner, an awkward gesture, an unmodulated voice; his allusions may be coarse, his phraseology quaint, his language slovenly. Coelebs In Search of a Wife He then went upstairs, walked through several rooms, glanced indignantly at their slovenly appearance, and finally gained Emily's chamber. The Lamplighter Not more than 1500 lines of his have been handed down to us, but among these not one is slovenly, and few are poor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Each article of clothing is in itself very handsome, perhaps very gaudy; but the manner in which it is dragged on the figure, makes the tout ensemble coarse and common, slovenly and disagreeable. Physiology of The Opera The ship was more disheveled than we, and its discipline more slovenly than its dress. The Portal of Dreams After a brief examination, he tells himself impatiently that they are somewhat muddled, or have, at least, been attended to in a most slovenly manner. Portia or By Passions Rocked The slovenly waiter shuffled to the counter with his cup of muddy coffee and a soggy roll. Checkers A Hard-luck Story He had some severe strictures on the slovenly way in which the mail was distributed from the Division and Brigade Headquarters to the regiments. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures Her first fight was against slang and slovenly speech. My Lady of the Chimney Corner It looks slovenly, but certainly has many arguments in its favor. The Apple This may be called roughing it—slovenly—coarse—rude—artless—unscientific. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) The approach had evidently been at a slovenly, ambling pace. In the Brooding Wild It is as useless to expect good health from unsanitary houses as good English from two hours’ school training diluted by twelve hours of slovenly language. Euthenics, the science of controllable environment a plea for better living conditions as a first step toward higher human efficiency He had that untidy appearance that marks a slovenly person, and will appear even in a soldier in spite of all wise and well-directed efforts on the part of a government to keep him neat. The Daughter of a Republican Tall and pretty she startled all by her slovenly habits. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages How can the child be clean and love cleanliness when its mother is habitually untidy and slovenly? The Colored Girl Beautiful Cowper and Walter Scott, on the other hand, are slovenly in their versification. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century There she looks worse than a slovenly servant girl. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day It was said of a certain Confederate General, of high rank, that he would rather have from his subordinates "a neat and formal report of a defeat, than a slovenly account of a victory." History of Morgan's Cavalry The 157 management of food is nowhere in the world, perhaps, more slovenly and wasteful. Household Papers and Stories She would no more walk slovenly than to dress slovenly. The Colored Girl Beautiful The subject is followed up by a still more slovenly affair by the artist himself, bearing the title of The Scale of Justice Reversed, 137 published by Fores on the 29th of March. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. When a gentleman or lady pays you a visit, run out, the more slovenly the better; it will shew your attention to business, and a due sense of the honour they do you. The Academy Keeper Or Variety of useful Directions Concerning the Management of an Academy, The Terms, Diet, Lodging, Recreation, Discipline, and Instruction of Young Gentlemen. With the Proper Methods of addressing Parents and Guardians of all Ranks and Conditions In his dress he was exceedingly slovenly except upon state occasions. Home Life of Great Authors I cried, looking at the slovenly, dirt-streaked wrapper and the shabby golf-cape that had slipped from her shoulders to the cot. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself Next came tall and slovenly Charles Lee of Virginia, a restless adventurer, who, by his cowardice in the battle of Monmouth, stirred even Washington to anger. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools Don't tell me about pillow-cases made without felling," says Mrs. Alexander; "it's slovenly and shiftless. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 Some day, when the butcher is knocking at the door, he may be tempted, he may be obliged, to turn out 298 and sell a slovenly piece of work. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Wordsworth has been accused of excessive penuriousness, of overwhelming conceit, and of being slovenly and regardless of dress. Home Life of Great Authors I gently demurred against this very slovenly expedient. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself In this slovenly, stoop-shouldered man with his cold, abstracted air no one would have detected the richest man in America. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times But road-making entrusted to the separate discretion of parochial authorities was often performed in a slovenly, and always in an unsystematic, manner. Old Roads and New Roads The sad state of the boys’ home is in part the result of his lack of control; in part, of his own slovenly ways and false ideas of hygiene. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Woodward, the comedian, in his lively attack on Hill, has given “a mock Inspector,” an exquisite piece of literary ridicule, in which he has hit off the egotisms and slovenly ease of the real ones. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Her frock was all crumpled and twisted away, Her hair was entangled and wild, Her stockings were down and her shoes were untied, She looked a most slovenly child. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Sometimes the girls got employment as nurse girls or as extra help in the neighbors’ kitchens; but no one cared particularly to employ them, they were so vulgar, indolent, and slovenly. Happy Days for Boys and Girls This I wanted you to understand, for lots of the stuff sent home is, I imagine, rot—and slovenly rot—and some of it pompous rot; and I want you to understand it’s a lay-in. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) Nor do they execute their task in so slovenly a way, that, as they have succeeded other plagues so they may have successors themselves. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century They present a marvellous combination of unquenchable enthusiasm and slovenly inaccuracy. An Ocean Tramp Dr. Johnson, as I beheld him, was a full, pursy Man, very ill drest, and of slovenly Aspect. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Much trouble had made her careless of late of her prettiness, and now she was disheveled, her apron awry around her waist, her hair mussed, her whole aspect one of slovenly disregard. The Bondboy He never did work slovenly in form, and he never did work that was not in one way or other consistent with a decided set of literary and political principles. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 I had a brief feeling of disappointment as I saw the slovenly frock and overhanging cap of the kitchen-maid. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire It may, indeed, be freely granted that Crabbe has suffered seriously by his slovenly methods and his insensibility to the more exquisite and ethereal forms of poetical excellence. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) She was struggling, too, between disgust of her sister-in-law's slovenly house and untidy dress, and the good humor, tender sentiment and innate motherliness of her nature. Money Magic A Novel When at last I reached the Old Market I found that the gayety had departed from it, and it appeared slovenly and disgusting to my awakened eyes. The Romance of a Plain Man A still more important fault, undoubtedly, of journalism is its tendency to slovenly work, and here again Lockhart was conspicuously guiltless. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 It may be simply a slovenly trait—inability to finish and have done with a thing—a fault of so many people. Ways of Nature It is in places at least the most slovenly and slipshod that was ever adopted by any true poet. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Coleridge admits that our New Testament is less elegant and correct than the Old, and contains "slovenly phrases which would never have come from Ben Jonson, or any other good prose writer of the day." Flowers of Freethought (First Series) He turned away lightly and loosened one of his jewelled garters, so that his stockings should hang in slovenly folds to prove that he was a man and despised niceness in his dress. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court I would fine all shoemakers who leave their work in such a slovenly state! The House in Town There are always a plenty of the denizens of the place, in slovenly dresses and slouched hats, hands in pockets, and puffing cigarettes, who do the heavy standing-round business. Due South or Cuba Past and Present He would equally rival Cicero in fulness and perspicuity; whilst a severe rejection of everything slovenly or superfluous would save him from ever deviating into the merely florid. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) After another short interval the slovenly servant returned and offered me my card. Our Next-Door Neighbors But this red-faced, slovenly creature in careless undress, made even more repulsive by his uncanny likeness to Napoleon—vulgar in manners, bragging in talk! Angelot A Story of the First Empire Care must be used in making these omissions or the result will be either ambiguous or slovenly. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses He could have rushed upon that listless figure, and startled the life half out of the nerveless slovenly frame. The Doctor's Family A slovenly officer, switching a thin, naked sword in his ungloved fist, led them. The Crimson Tide A Novel The room was long, dark, narrow, slovenly, spaced with tables on which were maculate cloths and lamps with faded shades. The Paliser case Have I fretted and pined, and forgot to eat and sleep, and gone dowdy and slovenly, because my lover has been fool enough to desert me? An Orkney Maid If they had potatoes on last, they got them up in the most slovenly way, leaving half the crop in the ground. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Was he to bring Fred down all slovenly and half-awakened? was he to leave them in possession of his private sanctuary? The Doctor's Family Her eyes were large and full of a frightened surprise, her pale yellow hair was hanging in slovenly abandon down her cheeks and over her ears. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek No chain is stronger than its weakest link, and so long as there remains a slovenly dairyman in the business just so long our system will be incomplete and the working of co-operation remain imperfect. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Not, let it be well understood, that "form" is of no importance, or that, provided he makes himself intelligible, the historian has a right to employ incorrect, vulgar, slovenly, or clumsy language. Introduction to the Study of History Their uniforms were not exactly in "parade" condition, but there was nothing slovenly about them, and their weapons were in excellent order. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White One morning in making his usual inspection, he came upon a soldier who was particularly slovenly. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War Again, that it might be the laboratory of an extremely slovenly veterinary was suggested by the several filthy cages to be seen resting against the wall. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 The prevalence of straight lines in it should be avoided without its appearing slovenly, and its dimensions should be such as to consult convenience without relapsing into a homely vulgarity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 Reduce the socially necessary data of any subject to an absolute minimum and frame questions on it demanding no such slovenly standard—sixty per cent—as now prevails in college examinations. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College In squads of from ten to twenty-five, the soldiers gathered from their slovenly tents, until the observers could count something more than two hundred. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 There was no mistaking the tall, gaunt figure, the thin, care-worn face, the slovenly gait, as he entered the room. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War In the dark kitchen a very old woman and a slovenly girl were at work. Nan of Music Mountain Look, we beseech you, to your New Testaments, and see if there be ought slovenly in the style, or loose and pointless in the thinking, of the model sermons given you there. Leading Articles on Various Subjects This procedure is splendidly fit to develop in the students a habit of guessing at random at what they hear and read—a slovenly contentedness with an approximate understanding. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College It is advisable to take them up a little at the ears, so as not to leave them the full depth: without this precaution, they are liable to appear unsightly and slovenly. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet The King, upon his visit to Scotland, had been shocked at the slovenly appearance and the slovenly ritual of the Scottish Church, which reflected strongly survivals of the Presbyterianism of an earlier time. Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning When his gait became slovenly Cou� stopped him, pointed out his fault, and, renewing the thought "I can," caused him to correct it. The Practice of Autosuggestion Though he will not let his beard grow long, the slovenly old fellow never has it shaven when he ought to. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan Everybody knows college teachers who have never shaken off the slovenly phrases and careless syntax of their homes. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College Nothing looks more slovenly than ragged or unhemmed cloths, which are for domestic use. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet "The haughty old countess," it is recorded, "refused to lay her head upon the block, and the headsman had to follow her about the scaffold, and to 'fetch-off' her grey head 'slovenly' as he could." Bygone Punishments She was most ashamed when Béla was here, for he made sneering remarks about it all, and seemed to take it for granted that she was as untidy, as slovenly as her mother. A Bride of the Plains Here a little attention will be requisite every month in the year, as no garden can be long neglected, without producing weeds which exhaust the soil, as well as give a very slovenly appearance.—January. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Contrasted with the unkempt, slovenly, ragged, and dirty bushmen with whom he mostly comes in contact, he is the very essence of foppery. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand With all its extravagance, however, it has considerable merit; there is nothing slovenly about it, and there is enough of truth in it to shew that it was sketched on the spot. Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island She was directed by a slovenly maid to a room on an upper floor, and left there. Harper's Young People, June 22, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly If only one is kept, that is no reason why she should wait at table in a slovenly dress and with ruffled hair. The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience Another point I make is never to permit myself to speak carelessly, that is, slovenly, any more than I let my hair be untidy or my gowns mud-stained. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Moreover, he was still indolent; given to be slovenly in his work, and rather unsocial in his ways, though warmly attached to a few friends. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice The college itself was a little, slovenly laboratory for the factory. The Rainbow Another big, slovenly boy, a year or two younger, sat on the doorstep, whittling quite as much for his own amusement as for that of a little five-year-old ragamuffin outside. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies Many are undersized, underweight, rickety and diseased in body and generally of a slovenly, unmanly appearance. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science Some English critics, judging him by principles of literary art, have said that his best work is in many places of slovenly construction, deficient in dramatic power, and imitative in expression. Australian Writers But the general temper which they showed, the contempt for slovenly, haphazard, hand-to-mouth modes of legislation, the love of vigorous administration on broad, intelligible principles, entirely expressed his own feeling. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice When she tried to flatter herself that the composition grew more alive, more interesting, she had to see that the handwriting grew more and more slovenly, the books more filthy and disgraceful. The Rainbow This is important, as most of the detached pods are lost, and if the work is slovenly done, the loss will be great. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses They plant the seed in a careless way and tend it in the most slovenly manner imaginable, and yet, they get immense crops. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China It faced the dusty track which did duty as a highroad; at the back of the slovenly yard was the river, chiefly used as a receptacle for rubbish and broken bottles. Australian Writers He himself was slovenly; in England, as formerly in Scotland, he neglected his appearance, and indulged in eccentricities which appeared repulsive to others, and were taken amiss from him. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) The facts of the case are that, generally speaking, coffee is still prepared in slovenly fashion in the average American home. All About Coffee When the same price is paid for all, without regard to the manner of picking, a premium is offered for slovenly work, and the careless get better paid than the painstaking. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses The Brigadier-General regrets that the 5th are noticeable throughout the brigade for the long, slovenly and unkempt condition of men's hair. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914 Then he dropped back into his former slovenly attitude. Rose O'Paradise At any rate they live in an agreeable, well-managed city, full of air and light, and kept so clean that most other cities seem slovenly and grimy by comparison. Home Life in Germany Wisely he did not infer from these evidences of a youthful and unimpaired appetite that she was slovenly in her table manners, because the unmistakable gentleness of her upbringing precluded any such possibility. Too Old for Dolls A Novel We are a happy, dawdling, undisciplined, slovenly lot. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot Will could not but admire the neat and natty appearance of the crew, which formed a somewhat striking contrast to the slovenly appearance of the gang on the depot-ship. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson We have said that the lyrical effusions interspersed throughout the "Drama of Exile," are very slovenly and defective in point of rhyme. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 I have known a German scandalised by the slovenly wardrobe of her well-to-do English pupil, and I have heard English people say that to hear Germans eat soup destroyed their appetite for dinner. Home Life in Germany Chaucer never once in all his writings thus rhymes off two consecutive couplets in one sentence so slovenly, as with "I saw," and "I guess." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 |
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