drawl
[drawl]
- to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.
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- an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
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Origin of drawl
1590–1600; < Dutch or Low German dralen to linger
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Contemporary Examples
Today, it is difficult to convey—much less comprehend—that slow, drawled, hazy small-town atmosphere of mid-century Washington.
And [then he] drawled: 'Boys, just spend it till you waste it.'
CNBC host Donny Deutsch drawled, “Women want to be her and men want to mate with her.”
Historical Examples
Grant laid a finger upon his arm and drawled his solution of a trivial mystery.
Good IndianB. M. Bower
"Oh—if you're really going," she drawled, and followed him outside.
Good IndianB. M. Bower
"Yer right, Jim," drawled Joseph Zachariah, lounging in the doorway.
Southern Lights and ShadowsVarious
"If he'll trail around with us for a while we may show him some of it here," he drawled.
The HarborErnest Poole
"I trust you aren't thinking of making us any trouble, Tremont," drawled Braigh.
Satellite SystemHorace Brown Fyfe
drawl
- to speak or utter (words) slowly, esp prolonging the vowel sounds
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- the way of speech of someone who drawls
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Word Origin
C16: probably frequentative of draw
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Word Origin and History for drawled
drawl
v.
1590s, perhaps from Middle Dutch dralen, East Frisian draulen "to linger, delay," apparently an intensive of the root of draw (v.). Or else a native formation along the same lines. Related: Drawled; drawling. As a noun from 1760.
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