slubberingly
English
Etymology
From slubbering + -ly.
Adverb
slubberingly (comparative more slubberingly, superlative most slubberingly)
- (dated) In a slovenly, sloppy or hasty manner.
- 1662 November 5 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “October 26th, 1662 (Lord’s Day)”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume II, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893, →OCLC:
- Afeared of my candle's going out, which makes me write thus slubberingly.
- 1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 22 p. 23:
- And slubberingly patch up some slight and shallow Rime
References
- “slubberingly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.