dullardly

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adjective

Dull, stupid.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivedullardly (comparative more dullardly, superlative most dullardly)

comparative more dullardly · superlative most dullardly

  1. Dull, stupid.

    I believe pop music is too important to be left to the leaden, dullardly and unambitious.

    2014, Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl, Ebury, published 2015, page 260
    2 more examples

    When I called, some dullardly gentleman picked up the telephone, announced the name of his fine establishment, the Pigpen, then yelled to someone nearby […].

    2000, Brian McGrory, The Incumbent, page 389

    Then I shall say it so: in the years since their lucid moments of appreciation, they have let themselves descend into dullardly obtuseness, into vapid venality.

    2016, Steven Erikson, Fall of Light

Origin

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dullardly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dullardly

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Chicago

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