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dowly

/ ˈ岹ʊɪ /

adjective

  1. dialect.
    dull; low-spirited; dismal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of dowly1

perhaps from Old English dol dull
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Example Sentences

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And if it's miserable - or if someone you know is - "dowly ".

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I think it is my old eyes that plays me tricks, and my weary head that's 'wildered wi' all this dowly jummlement!

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Above the dowly intake lands     The great wide moor is calling, Of heathered bens and brackened glens,     Where peat-born rills are brawling.

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You'll hear it through the wall and it'll mebbe cheer you up if you feel dowly.

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I’m in the dowie dumps— Maundering and moonging like a spancelled cow: It’s over dour and dearn for me in this loaning On a dowly day.

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