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drawlier

drawlier is the comparative form of drawly.

Meaning of drawly

Adjective

drawly (comparative drawlier, superlative drawliest)

  1. Having a drawling sound.
    • They generly had on yellow straw hats most as wide as an umbrella, but didn't wear no coats nor waistcoats, they called one another Bill, and Buck, and Hank, and Joe, and Andy, and talked lazy and drawly, and used considerable many cuss words.1884, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete

Questions about drawlier

What is drawlier the comparative form of?
Drawlier is the comparative form of drawly.

Words near drawlier in the dictionary

  1. drawlatch
  2. drawlatches
  3. drawled
  4. drawler
  5. drawlers
  6. drawlier
  7. drawliest
  8. drawling
  9. drawlingly
  10. drawlingness
  11. drawlings

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