ADVERB
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without liveliness
she nodded her head dully -
without luster or shine
the light shone dully through the haze
unpolished buttons glinted dully
How To Use dully In A Sentence
- The sun was a pale circle in the white sky, glinting dully on the frosty grass.
- 'I suppose so,' she said dully.
- The sunlight tinged everything dully orange, its rays sifting through an ever-present layer of dust, and in it her aquiline profile was haloed in gold.
- The blood thrummed dully in her eardrums, echoing throughout the caverns and sending pain shooting to her skull.
- His eyes stare dully from a pinched little face etched with pain and suffering.
- unpolished buttons glinted dully
- He picked dully at the cheesecake dish, which was now empty except for a few stray crust crumbs and bits of cake smeared about, wondering idly if one could read cheesecake smears like tea leaves.
- Puddles of frozen slush glittered dully in the reflected yellow light from the phony gas lamps that illuminated the brick-paved plaza. A RODENT OF DOUBT
- The sun reflected dully off the stone walls.
- The blocking is dully symmetrical, the movement direction in spearcarrier mode. Times, Sunday Times