dowdyish
- a word derived from dowdy.
Example Sentences
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Who was to distinguish her, Mrs. Juliet St. Leger Temple, from the fat, dowdyish, over-dressed, gaudy Mrs. Temple, who wore a wig, and whose eyes squinted?
From Hubert's Wife A Story for You by Lee, Minnie Mary
A little too rosy, that's all," said Durward, laughingly, while John continued, "She did look confounded red and dowdyish, for her.
From 'Lena Rivers by Holmes, Mary Jane
He went on: "Confess, William, do not the mere good looks of Zoraide Reuter appear dowdyish and commonplace compared with the splendid charms of some of her pupils?"
From The Professor by Brontë, Charlotte
But it was not an easy thing to face a whole schoolroom full of girls and boys— and most of them strangers to her— looking so "dowdyish."
From Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret by Emerson, Alice B.
The first instinctive idea would be, I think, that the Empress of the French belonged positively to a later generation than the good, unattractive, dowdyish Queen of England.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin
