slovenly - Dictionary definition and meaning for word slovenly
people of SLOVENIA(a country in europe) are known to be very untidy and careless people.
split the word as slove(stove) + enly(early) In the olden days,cooking was carried out on stoves which were very DIRTY,UNTIDY
SLOW+LOVELY - she is so slow that does not want to be LOVELY/ does not groom herself. so she is slovenly.
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if u r out of LOVE, u get shabby and not neat
SLOWenly....A person who has slowed his growth is careless and Untidy....
slovenly means slipshod work..slovenly woven sweater..
OVEN is always slovenly in some house
: a SLOw person is careless and OVEN are usually untidy and dirty in most bakeries in india
slovenly - not evenly in dressing and more like a dirty oven
Sounds like SLOPPY to me. Slovenly, thus can be inferred as Sloppy Dressing i.e. Untidy Dressing.
The starts with slo always means careless.
Slovenly = slow + event; i.e doing carelessly the bill.
SLOVENLY = slow + event; The event is slow i.e. not synchronized.