dowdy
adjective
not stylish; drab; old-fashioned.
dowdiness
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a word derived from
dowdy.
Example Sentences
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Isolated from the group of other local women, who are judgmental and close ranks against her for no reason other than her quietness and awkward dowdiness, Betty is shown mostly alone with an infant.
From Salon ● May 15, 2022
Describing the relationship between Rachel and Tom, Ms. Lizzimore, speaking by telephone from London, used the word “dogged” then apologized for the word’s dowdiness.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2017
After the dowdiness of Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman and Mamie Eisenhower, they were looking for an aristocratic image.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2013
Like I said, it's slow and, Richardson aside, the entire cast seems to have been hired on the strength of their dowdiness.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2010
I don't recall anything in Holy Writ that seems to require dowdiness as necessary to salvation.
From August First by Arthur Ignatius Keller
