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dully

ADVERB
  1. without liveliness
    she nodded her head dully
  2. 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
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