draggyadj.
/ˈdraɡi/, U.S. /ˈdræɡi/ a. Inclined to drag or cause dragging; heavy; slow; dull.
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the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > too long or tedious > slow-moving
drawling1566
fly-slow1632
draggy1887
1887 H. Caine Deemster II. xxix. 300 The roads were soft and draggy.
1890 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 4 Sept. The market is dull and draggy.
1891 Sat. Rev. 31 Oct. 501/2 One or two rather draggy episodes.
b. Boring; conventional; uncongenial; unpleasant. colloquial (originally U.S.).
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious
dreicha1300
alangec1330
joylessa1400
tedious1412
wearifulc1454
weary1465
laboriousa1475
tiresome?a1513
irksome1513
wearisome1530
woodena1566
irkful1570
flat1573
leaden1593
barren1600
soaked1600
unlively1608
dulla1616
irking1629
drearisome1633
drear1645
plumbous1651
fatigable1656
dreary1667
uncurious1685
unenlivened1692
blank1726
disinteresting1737
stupid1748
stagnant1749
trist?1756
vegetable1757
borish1766
uninteresting1769
unenlivening1774
oorie1787
wearying1796
subjectless1803
yawny1805
wearing1811
stuffy1813
sloomy1820
tediousome1823
arid1827
lacklustrous1834
boring1839
featureless1839
slow1840
sodden1853
ennuying1858
dusty1860
cabbagy1861
old1864
mouldy1876
yawnful1878
drab1880
dehydrated1884
interestless1886
jay1889
boresome1895
stodgy1895
stuffy1895
yawnsome1900
sludgy1901
draggy1922
blah1937
nowhere1940
drack1945
stupefactive1970
schleppy1978
wack1986
1922 S. Ford Trilby May crashes In iii. 43 We were both prepared to be thrilled, I expect, but we soon found that an early rehearsal is rather a draggy affair.
1964 Punch 4 Nov. 683/2 The ‘draggy old days’.
1967 Listener 17 Aug. 205/2 We'll just have to ask my boss and his draggy wife to our rave.
1967 Listener 23 Nov. 668/3 I know it's draggy having the au pair feeding with us; but one has to be madly democratic if one wants to keep them.
1971 A. Hunter Gently at Gallop iii. 26 Charlie was only a brewer, remember—draggy rooms made him feel comfortable.
Derivatives
ˈdragginess n.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > specifically of gait
dragginess1891
1891 F. W. Robinson Her Love & his Life vi. ix There was a little dragginess of gait.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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adj.1887