dullardly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From dullard +‎ -ly.

Adjective[edit]

dullardly (comparative more dullardly, superlative most dullardly)

  1. Dull, stupid.
    • 2000, Brian McGrory, The Incumbent, page 389:
      When I called, some dullardly gentleman picked up the telephone, announced the name of his fine establishment, the Pigpen, then yelled to someone nearby […].
    • 2014, Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl, Ebury, published 2015, page 260:
      I believe pop music is too important to be left to the leaden, dullardly and unambitious.
    • 2016, Steven Erikson, Fall of Light:
      Then I shall say it so: in the years since their lucid moments of appreciation, they have let themselves descend into dullardly obtuseness, into vapid venality.