Dully
[dʌlli]
Definition
(adv.) without liveliness; 'she nodded her head dully'.
(adv.) without luster or shine; 'the light shone dully through the haze'; 'unpolished buttons glinted dully'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a dull manner; stupidly; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.
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Examples
- Both Crispin and Maurice, however, were in good health and spirits, mostly remaining on deck to watch the gray sea heaving dully under the gray sky. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He felt again as if she had torn him across the breast, dully, finally. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Then he heard a horse coming, the hoofs balled with the wet snow thumping dully as the horseman trotted. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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