Lexic.us

Definition of Dully

1. Adverb. Without liveliness. "She nodded her head dully"

2. Adverb. Without luster or shine. "Unpolished buttons glinted dully"

Definition of Dully

1. adv. In a dull manner; stupidly; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.

Definition of Dully

1. Adverb. In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre. ¹

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Definition of Dully

1. in a dull manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dully

dullhead dullheads dullier dulliest dulling dullish dullishly dullness dullnesses dulls

dullsome dullsville dullsvilles dullwitted dullwittedness dully (current term) dulness dulnesses dulocracies dulocracy

duloses dulosis dulotic duloxetine dulse dulses dulwilly duly dum-dum dum dum

Literary usage of Dully

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Representative English Dramas from Dryden to Sheridan by Frederick Tupper, James Waddell Tupper (1914)
"And may those drudges of the stage, whose fate Is damned dull farce more dully to translate, Fall under that excise the state thinks fit To set on all ..."

2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1866)
"... artificial pressure is applied or until a fresh accumulation of the gas causes a resumption of the flow. barrels dully in December of the same year. ..."

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