sluttery

[Eng. slut; -ry.] The character, qualities, or habits of a slut; habitual neglect of cleanline , tidine , or order; dirtine of clothes, person, or furniture; slovenline . "Our radiant queen hates sluts and sluttery ." Shakesp.: Merry Wives of Windsor , v. 5. slut'-tish, *slut-ty he, a. [Eng.slut; -ish.] 1. Like a slut; characteristic of or befitting a slut; marked by want of cleanline , tidine , or order in dre , person, or furniture; slovenly. "The Spanyardes be slutty he and lousy." Berners: Froi art; Cronycle, vol. ii., ch. xxx i. *2. Belonging or pertaining to a woman of loose behavior; meretricious. slut-tish lỹ, adv. [English sluttish; -ly.] In a sluttish manner; dirtily, negligently. "Sluttishly conceived or written."-Sandys: State of Religion. slut-tish-ne , *slut-tish-ne e, subst . [Eng. sluttish; -ne .] The qualities, manners, or practice of a slut; want of cleanline , tidine , or order in clothes, person, or furniture. "Well, praised be the gods for thy foulne ! sluttish . ne may come hereafter."-Shakesp.: As You Like It, iii. 3. sly, *slie, *sleh, *sleigh, *sligh, *slygh, adj . & adv. [Icel. slægr =sly, cunning; cogn. with Sw. slug ; Dan. slug , slu : Low Ger. slou ; Ger. schlau; Sw.slög cunning, dexterous.」 A. As adjective : *1. Cautious, wily, sharp. "Be ye slygh as serpent is, and simple as dowuis."Wycliffe Matthew x. 2. Meanly artful, crafty, or insidious; cunning; proceeding by crafty or underhand ways; not open or frank. "Envy is a cursed plant; some fibers of it are rooted almost in every man's nature, and it works in a sly and imperceptible manner."- Watts . 3. Using good-humored and innocent wiles or stratagems; arch; as, a sly remark. *4. Thin, fine, slight, slender, subtle. "Covered with lids dev is'd of substance sly ." *B. As adv.: Slyly. Spenser: F. Q., II. ix. 46. For the difference between sly and cunning , See CUNNING. On the sly , † By the sly: In a sly or secret manner; secretly; not openly.