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▪ I. dingily, adv.1|ˈdɪndʒɪlɪ|
[f. dingy a. + -ly2.]
In a dingy manner; with a dirty or dull black appearance.
1826Lit. Souvenir 102 This wainscotting..looks but dingily. 1830Fraser's Mag. I. 757 Trowsers, dimly and dingily seen through the separation of his swallow-tailed coat. 1837Hawthorne Twice-told T. (1851) II. xv. 226 Yonder dingily white remnant of a huge snow-bank.
▪ II. † dingily, adv.2 Obs. nonce-wd.
[? f. ding v.]
? Forcibly, as one that dings a thing down.
a1555Philpot Exam. & Writ. (Parker) 370 These..do confute so dingily the sentence and saying of Floribell. |