Dapper vs Slovenly - What's the difference?
dapper | slovenly |
Neat, trim.
* 1892 , , The Slave Of The Lamp :
Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
* 1917 , , The Man With Two Left Feet :
Having an untidy appearance; unkempt.
Careless or negligent; sloppy.
Unwashed, dirty, disorderly.
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)- 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.
- Going down the street, you would meet a typical commercial traveller, dapper and alert.
