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adverbdully (comparative more dully, superlative most dully)
comparative more dully · superlative most dully
- In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre.
The parson, all unaware, dully pursued his calling, perched above the exquisite derision of their glances.
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 127
adjectivedully (comparative more dully, superlative most dully)
comparative more dully · superlative most dully
- archaicDim, indistinct.
Far off she seem'd to hear the dully sound / Of human footsteps fall.
1832, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Palace of Art
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