Old
Slovenly
Slovenly adjective - Lacking neatness in dress or person.
Old and slovenly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Slovenly".
Nearby Words: sloven, slovenliness
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Both words in one sentence
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One old Jackie Chan film featured him traveling to America and fighting a bunch of hairy, obese, slovenly cowboys who rolled around in mud.
Source: Americans Are Cowboys - Getting Crap Past the Radar: Somehow, the Prince calling Cinderella a "dirty slut" escaped the radarnote Possibly a case of Have a Gay Old Time, because "slut" used to mean a messy, slovenly woman.
Source: Literature / Revolting Rhymes -
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Mark uneasily notes to himself that the scientist who created the Jaunt process, a slovenly, abrasive old man, suddenly turned into a grandfatherly and personable "face" for the technology when the government got involved.
Source: Literature / Skeleton Crew
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