dowly

British  

/ ˈdaʊlɪ /

adjective

1. dialect dull; low-spirited; dismal

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Etymology

Origin of dowly

perhaps from Old English dol dull

Example Sentences

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dowly

Above the dowly intake lands     The great wide moor is calling, Of heathered bens and brackened glens,     Where peat-born rills are brawling.

From The Dales of Arcady by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe

Shoo's a gradely lass, I tell you, for all shoo looks sae dowly.

From More Tales of the Ridings by Frederic William Moorman

I knaa it weel, and a dowly path it is; ye'll keep indoors o' nights for a while, or ye'll rue it.

From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 5 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

I’m in the dowie dumps— Maundering and moonging like a spancelled cow: It’s over dour and dearn for me in this loaning On a dowly day.

From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

Eh! but t' sea were bonny an' warm, an' for once I got all yon dowly thowts o' death clean out o' my head.

From Tales of the Ridings by C. Vaughan