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dully

adv

Etymology

From dull + -ly.

  1. inherited from *dʰwel-✻
  2. inherited from *dulaz✻
  3. inherited from *dol✻
  4. inherited from dol — “dull, foolish, erring, heretical; foolish, silly; presumptuous”
  5. inherited from dull
  6. suffixed as dully — “dull + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a dull manner

    In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre.

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

  2. Dim, indistinct.

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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA