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drubly

drubly adjective: muddy; dark; turbid.

Adjective

drubly (comparative drublier or more drubly, superlative drubliest or most drubly)

  1. (Northern Ireland, Scotland, dialectal) muddy; dark; turbid

Forms of drubly

comparativedrublier
comparativemore drubly
superlativedrubliest
superlativemost drubly
alternative formdrubby

Origin of drubly

From Middle English drubly, drubli, drobli, droflic, from Old English drōflīċ, *drōblīċ, from Proto-Germanic *drōbalīkaz (“turbid”), equivalent to droff or drub + -ly. Cognate with Scots drublie, Old High German truoblīh (“turbid”).

Questions about drubly

What does drubly mean?
Drubly means muddy; dark; turbid.
What part of speech is drubly?
Drubly is an adjective.

Words near drubly in the dictionary

  1. drubbed
  2. drubber
  3. drubbers
  4. drubbing
  5. drubbings
  6. drubly
  7. drubs
  8. Druce
  9. Druchunas
  10. Drucilla
  11. Druckenmiller

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