dully

English

Etymology

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English dull

English -ly

English dully

From dull + -ly.

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• Rhymes: -ʌli

Adverb

dully (comparative more dully, superlative most dully)

1. In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre.
   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 127:

     The parson, all unaware, dully pursued his calling, perched above the exquisite derision of their glances.

Adjective

dully (comparative more dully, superlative most dully)

1. (now rare) Dim, indistinct.
   • 1832, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Palace of Art:

     Far off she seem'd to hear the dully sound / Of human footsteps fall.