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slouchy

[slou-chee]
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adjective, slouch·i·er, slouch·i·est.
  1. of or relating to a slouch or to a slouching manner, posture, etc.
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Origin of slouchy

First recorded in 1685–95; slouch + -y1
Related formsslouch·i·ly, adverbslouch·i·ness, nounun·slouch·y, adjective
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  • He was a heavy-set, slouchy man in jeans, broad-shouldered and bowlegged.

    Oh, You Tex!

    William Macleod Raine

  • Can the Yankee regiments with their slouchy Dutchmen hope to capture it!

    The Crisis, Complete

    Winston Churchill

  • It's the slouchy horse that breaks his kind owner's neck some day.

    Desert Conquest

    A. M. Chisholm

  • Evariste, slim and slouchy, was waiting for his daughter in the cabin door.

    Bayou Folk

    Kate Chopin

  • Off the stage—and I have never seen them on—they are tired and slouchy and easy-going.

British Dictionary definitions for slouchy

slouchy

adjective -ier or -iest
  1. slouching; lazy
  2. (of clothes) casual, soft, and relatively unstructured
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Derived Formsslouchily, adverbslouchiness, noun
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Word Origin and History for slouchy

adj.

1690s, from slouch + -y (2). Related: Slouchily; slouchiness.

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