Both Uses of
slovenly
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- He was clad in a professional but rather slovenly fashion, for his frock-coat was dingy and his trousers frayed.†
Chpt 1 *
- There is as much difference to my eyes between the leaded bourgeois type of a Times article and the slovenly print of an evening half-penny paper as there could be between your negro and your Esquimau.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
messy or dirty;
or:
excessively careless or casual
or:
excessively careless or casual