loose-handed vs slovenly

loose-handed

adj
  • Casual; undisciplined or haphazard. 

  • Wild or uncontrolled. 

  • Sketchy and flowing rather than geometric and precise. 

  • Aimless 

  • Lenient, permissive. 

  • With open hand (as opposed to a fist). 

  • Characterized by broad sweeping movements. 

  • Involving wrist action. 

  • Spendthrift, profligate. 

adv
  • With a poor grip. 

slovenly

adj
  • Careless or negligent; sloppy. 

  • Having an untidy appearance; unkempt. 

  • Dirty, unwashed; disorderly. 

adv
  • In a slovenly manner. 

How often have the words loose-handed and slovenly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )