drumly

[ druhm-lee; Scots droom-lee ]

adjective

, Scot.

, drum·li·er, drum·li·est.

1. troubled; gloomy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drumly¹

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

Example Sentences

The green meadows were not inviting, the grass was dripping, the flowers closed and heavy, the river red and drumly.

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They had fished the Drumly many a time without it, and this was to be another such day as those of old.

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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.

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Far west, into the drizzling night the river lamps stretched, showing the drumly water of the highway of the world.

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For her sake, as it seemed to him now, he had flung himself into the black waters of the Drumly.

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