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dawny

/ˈdɔː.ni/

dawny adjective: resembling or characteristic of dawn.

Adjective

dawny (comparative more dawny, superlative most dawny)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of dawn.
    • His was not the alabaster brow framed in glowing, dawny light which all these years had haunted her1894 August 16, Jessie Macgregor, “Dawcas; A Fragment Of The Past”, in Christian Work: Illustrated Family Newspaper, page 270

Forms of dawny

comparativemore dawny
superlativemost dawny

Origin of dawny

From dawn + -y.

Questions about dawny

What does dawny mean?
Dawny means resembling or characteristic of dawn.
What part of speech is dawny?
Dawny is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dawny?
Dawny is pronounced /ˈdɔː.ni/.

Words near dawny in the dictionary

  1. dawnstreak
  2. dawnstreaks
  3. dawntime
  4. dawnward
  5. dawnwards
  6. dawny
  7. Dawo
  8. Dawood
  9. Dawoods
  10. Dawro
  11. daws

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