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Sloppy vs Slabby - What's the difference?

sloppy | slabby |

As adjectives the difference between sloppy and slabby

is that sloppy is very wet; covered in or composed of slop while slabby is thick; viscous.

sloppy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.
    • The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!
  • Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.
    • The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.
  • Imprecise or loose.
    • A sloppy''' measurement''; ''a '''sloppy fit!

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    Derived terms

    * sloppiness

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    slabby

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • thick; viscous
    • ''They present you with a cup, and you must drink of a slabby stuff.' — Selden.
  • sloppy; slimy
    • (Gay)
    (Webster 1913)