drawl
verb (used with or without object)
to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.
drawlingly
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a word derived from
drawl.
Example Sentences
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Why," she drawlingly asks her sister-in-law, "did y' give dawgs' names to all your kiddies?
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2011
"Yes," he drawlingly replied, "for during the last three months it was natural that I should be stranger than ever."
From The Colossus A Novel by Opie Percival Read
She was drawlingly refined with them, but not grotesquely so, and they respected her.
From Coquette by Frank Swinnerton
"I want to know what kind of a place New York is, now," said old Mrs. Finn, drawlingly.
From Queechy, Volume I by Susan Warner
"An' what'll we do with this lad?" he answered drawlingly.
From My Lady of Doubt by Alonzo Kimball
