drumly
Americanadjective
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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This night ye are a drumly river; But over thee we'll build a brig, That ye nae mair true love may sever.
From The Book of Old English Ballads by Hamilton Wright Mabie
The green meadows were not inviting, the grass was dripping, the flowers closed and heavy, the river red and drumly.
From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Sarah Tytler
“O boatman, boatman, put off your boat!Put off your boat for gowden monie!I cross the drumly stream the night,Or never mair I see my honey.”
From A Collection of Ballads by Andrew Lang
But the weather was "dour," and the water "drumly," and every day the lumbermen sent a "drive" of ten thousand spruce logs rushing down the flooded stream.
From Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things by Henry Van Dyke
It was a drumly outlook for one whose chief equipment was honesty of purpose, with, I am afraid, little of the arts of human diplomacy.
From The Black Colonel by James Milne
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