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Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness. 2 Pet. iii. 9.

To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful. Ray.

A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.

Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty. -- adv.

Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence. A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos. Sir W. Scott.

Slightingly; negligently. [Obs.] Shak.

ity or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.

To omit; to loose by negligence. And slip no advantage That my secure you. B. Jonson.

A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- the correlative term to slattern, or slut. Pope. He became a confirmed sloven. Macaulay.

Having the habits of a sloven; negligent of neatness and order, especially in dress. A slovenly, lazy fellow, bolling at his ease. L'Estrange.

Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.

To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. "Why slumbers Pope" Young.

Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman. Why is thy lord so slutish, I thee pray. Chaucer. An air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer. Sir W. Scott. -- Slut"tish*ly, adv. -- Slut"tish*ness, n.

To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss. [Obs.] Swift.

To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound. From you sounded out the word of the Lord. 1 Thess. i. 8.

To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will. Thine eye begins to speak. Shak. To speak of, to take account of, to make mention of. Robynson (More's Utopia). -- To speak out, to speak loudly and distinctly; also, to speak unreservedly. -- To speak well for, to…

Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.

ct his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer. Spy money, money paid to a spy; the reward for private or secret intelligence regarding the enemy. -- Spy Wednesday (Eccl.), the Wednesday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; -- so called…

A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence. Arbuthnot.