Sekirov Dictionary

sloppery

noun 6
adjective 1
adverb 1
forms 3

noun6

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Messiness.
- And clearly the sailor suit could not trace its true home to a country like ours, which goes in for a widespread concept of uniform usage best described as "sloppery." — 2003
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Anything that is sloppy.
- It is a sloppery; a costume that never ought to be seen out of the precincts of a stable-yard. — 1847
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Careless imprecision.
- Were our modern instrumental sloppery conceivable, had they really grasped the most essential thing in Beethoven's tone-poems? — 1977
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Lack of clear-headedness; fuzzy thinking.
- This was just — Sloppery. The humbug of the woe-of-the-world business filled her with scorn. — 1935
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Watery unappetizing food; gruel.
- Stews out of all such piddling sloppery, Starvation gruel. — 1838
A low-class drinking establishment.

adjective1

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Slippery and messy.
- The roads will be a bit sloppery, but Dobbin isn't too old to splash through them at a rattling pace. — 1886

adverb1

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In a messy and poorly done manner; sloppily
- The investigator was expected to determine whether the place was "run sloppery, was it a messy looking place or not ..." and also if the premises were reasonably safe. — 1953

forms

slopperies · more sloppery · most sloppery

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