drumly

[ druhm-lee; Scots droom-lee ]

/ ˈdrʌm li; Scots ˈdrʊm li /

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adjective, drum·li·er, drum·li·est.Scot.

troubled; gloomy.

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Origin of drumly

1505–15; nasalized variant of Middle English drublie, droblie,Old English drōflīc, equivalent to drōf turbid, troubled (cognate with German trüb) + -līc-ly

Words nearby drumly

drumhead court-martial, drumhead service, drum into someone's head, drum kit, drumlin, drumly, drum machine, drum magazine, drum major, drum majorette, drum membrane

How to use drumly in a sentence

The green meadows were not inviting, the grass was dripping, the flowers closed and heavy, the river red and drumly.
Girlhood and Womanhood|Sarah Tytler
They had fished the Drumly many a time without it, and this was to be another such day as those of old.
Tommy and Grizel|J.M. Barrie
For the boy came back to Tommy when he heard the Drumly singing; it was as if he had suddenly seen his mother looking young again.
Tommy and Grizel|J.M. Barrie
Far west, into the drizzling night the river lamps stretched, showing the drumly water of the highway of the world.
Erchie|(AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro

For her sake, as it seemed to him now, he had flung himself into the black waters of the Drumly.
Tommy and Grizel|J.M. Barrie