different between slapdash vs disorderly

English

Etymology

slap +? dash. First attested in the late 17th century, meaning "careless".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?slæpdæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Adjective

slapdash (comparative more slapdash, superlative most slapdash)

1. Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless.
   • 1989, H. T. Willetts (translator), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (author), August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ?ISBN, page 114:

     They had seen Poland, and that was the sort of slovenly, slapdash place they were used to, but once across the German frontier they found everything—crops, roads, buildings—uncannily different.

   • 2014, A teacher, "Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian, 23 September 2014:

     When you're in the front entrance, get a feel for what's going on. Tours are never timed to coincide with breaks but if there are any children milling about, see what they're up to. If they're on a dutiful errand, for example delivering registers, the school probably encourages a responsible attitude. If they're play-fighting in the corridor without consequence, it tells a less impressive story and could mean a slapdash approach to discipline.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:careless

Translations

Adverb

slapdash (comparative more slapdash, superlative most slapdash)

1. In a hasty or careless manner.
2. Directly, right there; slap-bang.

   Van Eyck signed his portrait of the Arnolfinis slapdash in the center of the painting.

3. With a slap; all at once; slap.

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Synonyms

• (in a hasty manner): carelessly, haphazardly, hastily
• (directly): directly

Translations

Verb

slapdash (third-person singular simple present slapdashes, present participle slapdashing, simple past and past participle slapdashed)

1. (colloquial) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.

   to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall

   to slapdash a wall

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s???.d?.li/

Adjective

disorderly (comparative more disorderly, superlative most disorderly)

1. Not in order; marked by disorder or disarray.

   The books and papers are in a disorderly state.

2. Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.
3. Not complying with the restraints of order and law; unruly; lawless.

   disorderly people; disorderly assemblies

4. (law) Offensive to good morals and public decency.

   a disorderly house

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

disorderly (plural disorderlies)

1. A person who acts in a disorderly manner.
   • 1843, Parliamentary Papers (volumes 25-26, page 140)

     The police are allowed one shilling a-head upon all disorderlies who are discharged by the magistrates upon payment of expenses. The number so discharged are about a third of the number in custody.

Adverb

disorderly (comparative more disorderly, superlative most disorderly)

1. In a confused or lawless manner.

Anagrams

• disordrely