dingy
adjective
of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.
dingily
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a word derived from
dingy.
Example Sentences
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Like Powell, Kynaston is attracted by people who make compromises, accept second-best, live dingily and submit quietly without relinquishing hope.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2013
In the '90s, when Bruce Rogers started his career, U. S. books were as dingily printed as they were apt to be turgidly written.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The most squalid public environment of the U.S.: dank, dingily lit, fetid, raucous with screechingclatter."
From Time Magazine Archive
Hand-held cameras on dingily lighted sets catch life on the run; overlapping conversations lend Hill Street the texture of a Robert Altman locker room.
From Time Magazine Archive
For a moment he stood in the vacant hall; then he peeped first into the blind-drawn dining-room, faintly, dingily sweet, like an empty wine-bottle.
From The Return by Walter De la Mare
