Dowdily
Dowdily adverb - In a careless or unfashionable manner.
Usage example: dressed hurriedly and dowdily to go do her workout
Slovenly
Slovenly adverb - In a careless or unfashionable manner.
Usage example: an employee who went overboard on dress-down day and was reprimanded for dressing slovenly on the job
Nearby Words: sloven, slovenliness
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In period(1940's) Tom and Jerry shorts, Tom's black owner is depicted as a dowdily-dressed middle-aged fat black woman with an exaggeratedly stereotypical accent, over-played fear of mice, and slovenly demeanour.
Source: Uncle Tomfoolery
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