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dowly
/ ˈ岹ʊɪ /
adjective
- dialect.dull; low-spirited; dismal
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yvlog History and Origins
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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