dowdy
adjective
not stylish; drab; old-fashioned.
dowdies
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pluralof dowdy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The actress dowdies up her portrayal with a glumly unsmiling demeanor and the flat, poignantly cynical vocal delivery of the nerd who’s smarter — and more annoying — than everyone else in the room.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2016
Julie Andrews, Carol Channing, Ann Margret, Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave and Raquel Welch are the other distinguished dowdies, but it's not really their fault.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thanks to you, I have now got a conviction that this woman question is not a question of lovely and accomplished females, but of dowdies.
From Press Cuttings by Bernard Shaw
I hear she went to the Opera on Monday night, and told Tommy Rufford at supper that, as far as she could see, London Society was entirely made up of dowdies and dandies. lord goring.
From An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
Dowdies, dowdies won't do for European courts, Paris especially.
From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by John Rouse Larus
