slatternly C2 Topic:Describing Qualities Also spelled slattenly Freq #312132 Meanings 1 adj Appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern. Being a light-complexioned woman, she wore light clothes, as most blondes will, and appeared, in preference, in draggled sea-green, or slatternly sky-blue. Etymology From slattern + -ly (adjectival suffix). Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # slatternly **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **Frequency rank:** 312132 ## Meanings 1. Appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern. ## Examples - Being a light-complexioned woman, she wore light clothes, as most blondes will, and appeared, in preference, in draggled sea-green, or slatternly sky-blue. ## Etymology From slattern + -ly (adjectival suffix). ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown