单词 | drably-clad |
释义 | > as lemmasdrably-clad ˈdrably adv. in drab colour; also figurative, without brightness or colour, dully, uninterestingly; in combination, as drably-clad, drably-tinted. ΘΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > dull coloured wannish?a1412 colourless1557 sullena1586 sober1603 dingy1665 dunduckety1818 duckety1841 drabbish1842 neutral-tinted1844 drabby1862 drab1880 drably-tinted1891 terne1901 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in wearisome or tedious manner irksomely1549 tediously1557 leaden-like1574 drearily1579 dully1600 Welshly1629 unlively1641 woodenly1653 stupidly1723 uninterestingly1793 soporifically1807 sloomy1820 wearyingly1829 boringly1840 tiresomely1847 aridly1883 drably1891 stuffily1894 stodgily1904 yawnsomely1908 yawnfully1914 1891 H. C. Halliday Someone must Suffer II. xii. 217 That drably-tinted lady. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 19 Sept. 10/1 Few guess that the dahlia..has had a drably unromantic origin. 1918 Cornhill Mag. June 616 The desirability of expressing thoughts fully and truly in words..is too drably presented to the child. 1927 Sunday Express 1 May 9 Their novels look drably old-fashioned. 1956 Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 216 The sun's interior must be drably uniform. < as lemmas |
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