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Dapper vs Slovenly - What's the difference?

dapper | slovenly |

As adjectives the difference between dapper and slovenly

is that dapper is neat, trim while slovenly is having an untidy appearance; unkempt.

dapper

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Neat, trim.
  • * 1892 , , The Slave Of The Lamp :
    • This entrance is through a little courtyard, in which is the stable and coach-house combined, where Madame Perinere, a lady who paints the magic word "Modes" beneath her name on the door-post of number seventeen, keeps the dapper little cart and pony which carry her bonnets to the farthest corner of Paris.
  • Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
  • * 1917 , , The Man With Two Left Feet :
    • Going down the street, you would meet a typical commercial traveller, dapper and alert.

    Derived terms

    * Dapper Dan

    Anagrams

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    slovenly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having an untidy appearance; unkempt.
  • Careless or negligent; sloppy.
  • Unwashed, dirty, disorderly.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * slovenliness