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dowey

dowey is the alternative form of dowie.

Meaning of dowie

Adjective

dowie (comparative more dowie, superlative most dowie)

  1. (Scotland) Dull, dreary; melancholy.
    • There was no comfort in the goodliness of spring or the bright sunshine weather, and she who had been wont to go about the doors lightfoot and blithe was now as dowie as a widow woman.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

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Forms of dowey

comparativemore dowey
superlativemost dowey

Questions about dowey

What is dowey the alternative form of?
Dowey is the alternative form of dowie.

Words near dowey in the dictionary

  1. dowerings
  2. dowerless
  3. dowerlessness
  4. dowers
  5. dowery
  6. dowey
  7. dowf
  8. dowfness
  9. Dowgar
  10. Dowgars
  11. Dowhan

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