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drawly

UK/ˈdɹɔː.li/

drawly adjective: having a drawling sound.

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
    • She heard his deep, drawly voice urging the unwisdom of sleeping with calked boots on, and Beaton's hiccupy response.1916, Bertrand W. Sinclair, Big Timber

Forms of drawly

comparativedrawlier
superlativedrawliest

Origin of drawly

From drawl + -y.

Questions about drawly

What does drawly mean?
Drawly means having a drawling sound.
What part of speech is drawly?
Drawly is an adjective.
How do you pronounce drawly?
Drawly is pronounced /ˈdɹɔː.li/ (UK).

Words near drawly in the dictionary

  1. Drawlloween
  2. drawloom
  3. drawlooms
  4. drawls
  5. drawlsome
  6. drawly
  7. drawmaster
  8. drawmasters
  9. drawmetric
  10. drawn
  11. drawn a bath

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