dowdy
adjective
not stylish; drab; old-fashioned.
dowdyish
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a word derived from
dowdy.
Example Sentences
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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 Justin McCarthy
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 Minnie Mary Lee
Presently, however, the illusion took wing and here he was, Jake the Yankee, with this bonnetless, wigged, dowdyish little greenhorn by his side!
From Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto by Abraham Cahan
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 Alice B. Emerson
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 Mary Jane Holmes
