The sailors appeared to me to be disgusting and slovenly fellows, and the ship appeared to be awkward, ugly, ancient, and filthy. In person, she is attractive, clothed in a slovenly picturesque manner, her curly hair flowing in all directions. Her decks are dirty from lack of use, her ropes are untied, and her sails lie flat against the mast. Slovenly means "careless about one's appearance or behavior" and comes from the Slovene word for "sloth". It has been used to describe people who are lazy or neglectful with their personal hygiene since at least 1525. The adjective form of the word is also used frequently in reference to clothing and attire. Slovenly dressed individuals can be seen in old photographs of American cities; miners and factory workers were usually not dressed particularly well because there were no regulations on workplace attire at that time. In modern English, the word is used to describe someone or something that is messy or unkempt. The opposite of sloppy is tidy. Slovenly can be used as an adjective or a noun. As an adjective, it describes a person or thing that is not clean or neat. As a noun, it refers to someone or something that is slovenly dressed. Slovenly habits are ones that need not be described here.