drawl

[drawl]

verb (used with or without object)

to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.

noun

an act or utterance of a person who drawls.

Origin of drawl

1590–1600; < Dutch or Low German dralen to linger

Related formsdrawl·er, noundrawl·ing·ly, adverbdrawl·ing·ness, noundrawl·y, adjective

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Related Words for drawled

extend, chant, intone, prolong, drone, utter, protract, nasalize

Examples from the Web for drawled

Contemporary Examples of drawled

Today, it is difficult to convey—much less comprehend—that slow, drawled, hazy small-town atmosphere of mid-century Washington.
The Washington I Once Knew
Carl Bernstein
January 20, 2009
And [then he] drawled: 'Boys, just spend it till you waste it.'
Washington Frenemies
Ana Marie Cox
December 4, 2008
CNBC host Donny Deutsch drawled, “Women want to be her and men want to mate with her.”
Piling on Palin, Hating on Hillary
Caroline Heldman
November 30, 2008

Historical Examples of drawled

Grant laid a finger upon his arm and drawled his solution of a trivial mystery.
Good Indian
B. M. Bower
"Oh—if you're really going," she drawled, and followed him outside.
Good Indian
B. M. Bower
"Yer right, Jim," drawled Joseph Zachariah, lounging in the doorway.
Southern Lights and Shadows
Various
"If he'll trail around with us for a while we may show him some of it here," he drawled.
The Harbor
Ernest Poole
"I trust you aren't thinking of making us any trouble, Tremont," drawled Braigh.
Satellite System
Horace Brown Fyfe

British Dictionary definitions for drawled

drawl

verb

to speak or utter (words) slowly, esp prolonging the vowel sounds

noun

the way of speech of someone who drawls

Derived Formsdrawler, noundrawling, adjectivedrawly, adjective

Word Origin for drawl

C16: probably frequentative of draw

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Word Origin and History for drawled

drawl

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.