slatternly

As adjectives the difference between scruffy and slatternly

is that scruffy is untidy in appearance while slatternly is appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern.

As a noun scruffy

is {{cx|informal|lang=en}} An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated (or computationally intractable) to be solved with the sorts of homogeneous system favoured by the "neats".

As an adverb slatternly is

in a slatternly manner.

As adjectives the difference between slatternly and messy

is that slatternly is appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern while messy is in a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.

As an adverb slatternly

is in a slatternly manner.

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As an adjective slatternly is

appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern.

As an adverb slatternly is

in a slatternly manner.