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PRONUNCIATION OF DOWDILY

dowdily  [ˈdaʊdɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOWDILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dowdily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES DOWDILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dowdily in the English dictionary

The definition of dowdily in the dictionary is in an unkempt and unfashionable way.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOWDILY


bloodily
ˈblʌdɪlɪ
bodily
ˈbɒdɪlɪ
cloudily
ˈklaʊdɪlɪ
dilli
ˈdɪlɪ
dilly
ˈdɪlɪ
gaudily
ˈɡɔːdɪlɪ
giddily
ˈɡɪdɪlɪ
greedily
ˈɡriːdɪlɪ
handily
ˈhændɪlɪ
moodily
ˈmuːdɪlɪ
Piccadilly
ˌpɪkəˈdɪlɪ
readily
ˈrɛdɪlɪ
rowdily
ˈraʊdɪlɪ
shoddily
ˈʃɒdɪlɪ
speedily
ˈspiːdɪlɪ
steadily
ˈstɛdɪlɪ
sturdily
ˈstɜːdɪlɪ
tardily
ˈtɑːdɪlɪ
tidily
ˈtaɪdɪlɪ
unsteadily
ʌnˈstedɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOWDILY

dowable
dowager
dowd
dowdier
dowdiest
dowdiness
Dowding
dowdy
dowdyism
dowel
dowel pin
doweling
Dowell
dowelling
dower
dower house
dowerless
dowf
dowfness
dowie

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOWDILY

bawdily
beadily
dandily
foolhardily
hardily
headily
muddily
needily
randily
reedily
seedily
shadily
trendily
unhandily
unreadily
untidily
weedily
windily
wordily
woundily

Synonyms and antonyms of dowdily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dowdily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOWDILY

Find out the translation of dowdily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dowdily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dowdily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dowdily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dowdily
570 millions of speakers

English

dowdily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dowdily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

dowdily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

dowdily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dowdily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dowdily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dowdily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dowdily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dowdily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dowdily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dowdily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dowdily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dowdily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dowdily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ढोबळमानाने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dowdily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dowdily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dowdily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

dowdily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dowdily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dowdily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dowdily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dowdily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dowdily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dowdily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWDILY»

The term «dowdily» is normally little used and occupies the 128.982 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWDILY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dowdily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOWDILY»

Discover the use of dowdily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dowdily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Salute the Black Skarran
Should he simply sit and wait the arrival of the dowdily dressed man who had suggested the rendezvous? Perhaps the man was already inside the mill, studying Vardak from one of the slit apertures high in the towering white walls, waiting .
Ron Bennett, 2001
2
Pansegrouw's Crossword Dictionary
... dunk, extinguish, immerge, immerse, plunge, saturate, smother, snuff, soak, souse, steep, submerge dove pigeon dove's call coo dove's home cote do violence to outrage dowdily frumpishly dowdily-dressed woman frump dowdy dingy, drab, ...
Louisa Pansegrouw, 1994
3
The Desert Sheikh's Innocent Queen (Mills & Boon M&B) (The ...
Was it possible his ultra-efficient secretary who dressed dowdily and never dated had a severely hidden but equally deep romantic streak? It would certainly explain her negative reaction to his proposed marriage of convenience ... both the ...
Jane Porter, Lucy Monroe, 2011
4
One-Click Buy: August Harlequin Presents
Was it possible his ultra-efficient secretary who dressed dowdily and never dated had a severely hidden but equally deep romantic streak? It would certainly explain her negative reaction to his proposed marriage of convenience...both the one ...
Lucy Monroe, Miranda Lee, Sarah Morgan, 2008
5
Travelling sketches
If she is minded to end dowdily, she will begin dowdily. But the trouble of such continued care is too much for an English girl. She lapses first into indifference, and from indifference to aversion ; till at last she takes an absolute pride in the ...
Anthony Trollope, 1866
6
Soft Skills for the BPO Sector
Second Stage □ Your peers may give feedbacks such as 'you dress dowdily'/you are always late in the meetings/get-togethers', 'you are a hard-hitter', 'you hardly dare to take a different standpoint', 'you take too long to take a decision' 'you ...
Verma Shalini, 2009
7
Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French
'Flimsies', 'notes', banknotes. fagot n. m.1 'Guy', dowdily dressed person. 2Une bouteille de derrière les fagots:A reallysuper bottleofwine. (The implication here isthat this rare vintage has been saved for a special occasion.) fagoté adj.
E A Lovatt Esq, R. J. H 'erail, E. A. Lovatt, 2005
8
Hired: The Sheikh's Secretary Mistress (Mills & Boon Modern) ...
Was it possible his ultra-efficient secretary who dressed dowdily and never dated had a severely hidden but equally deep romantic streak? It would certainly explain her negative reaction to his proposed marriage of convenience...both the one ...
Lucy Monroe, 2008
9
Anne of Green Gables Collection: 12 Books, Anne of Green ...
"It seems to me that if I were sopoor that Ihadto 'room' myself and dressas dowdily asshe doesthatI really couldn'tlook anybody in the face. What must the boysthink of her?And ifit wasn't for herbeingin it, our class would be thesmartest and ...
Lucy Maud Montgomery, 2014
10
Anne of Green Gables Stories: 12 Books, 142 Short Stories, ...
"It seems to methat if I were sopoorthat Ihad to 'room' myself and dress as dowdily as she does that Ireally couldn't lookanybody in the face. Whatmustthe boys thinkofher? Andif it wasn'tforher beingin it, our class wouldbe the smartest and ...
Lucy Maud Montgomery, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOWDILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dowdily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Microsoft says Edge browser will not support Silverlight
From this, users still dowdily sporting Internet Explorer 11 need not worry. Support for Microsoft Silverlight will remain ever-present in the hands ... «TechSpot, Jul 15»
2
'Spooks: The Greater Good': Film Review
... fizzingly droll chutzpah can't help but make Spooks: The Greater Good, for all Peter Firth's ballast, seem dowdily old-school in comparison. «Hollywood Reporter, May 15»
3
Venezuela first lady's reality show: just another reason no one …
Venezuela's first lady Cilia Flores has been drafted into the battle to reverse her husband's dismal approval ratings, but her dowdily wholesome ... «The Guardian, May 15»
4
Critics of 'Mad Men's' Workplace Sexism Are Picking the Wrong Fight …
Peggy criticizes Joan for dressing too provocatively, a mirror image of the way Joan once admonished Peggy for dressing to dowdily and not ... «Flavorwire, Apr 15»
5
'The Americans' Transformations: Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys …
Three teams of talented artists work in tandem to create the looks that can, for example, have Elizabeth dressed dowdily as she pretends to be ... «Yahoo News, Mar 15»
6
An Outspoken Critic Provokes Visions of Stages Past and Present …
... especially the still-new Rockefeller Center, he thought New Yorkers in general dressed dowdily compared to Europeans, and complained, ... «TheaterMania.com, Feb 15»
7
FT - Being childless...by choice
Would that childfree women were so lucky in their cinematic or literary renderings, which range from the non-existent to the dowdily spinsterish. «BizNews, Feb 15»
8
Movie Review: Dolly Ki Doli - Lacklustre Sonam, Dowdy script
And this, mainly because the script is dowdily inconsistent and the plotting appears a little too over simplified, farfetched and implausible. «Free press journal, Jan 15»
9
TechGirlz engages middle-schoolers now for technology careers later
Of the women on the show, the character Amy, a neurobiologist, is always dowdily dressed, while Bernadette, a microbiologist, can come ... «Bucks County Courier Times, Dec 14»
10
My Evil Grandmother Turned Me Into a Ghost
However, ghosts can evade criminals more easily than the buxom and rosy-cheeked. They avoid eye contact and dress as dowdily as possible. «Gawker, Oct 14»

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