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Meaning of "dowly" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DOWLY

Perhaps from Old English dol dull.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DOWLY

dowly  [ˈdaʊlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOWLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dowly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DOWLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dowly in the English dictionary

The definition of dowly in the dictionary is dull; low-spirited; dismal.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOWLY


bully
ˈbʊlɪ
carefully
ˈkeəfʊlɪ
Cowley
ˈkaʊlɪ
foley
ˈfəʊlɪ
foulie
ˈfaʊlɪ
fully
ˈfʊlɪ
goalie
ˈɡəʊlɪ
growly
ˈɡraʊlɪ
haole
ˈhaʊlɪ
holy
ˈhəʊlɪ
hopefully
ˈhəʊpfʊlɪ
jowly
ˈdʒaʊlɪ
pulley
ˈpʊlɪ
roly-poly
ˈrəʊlɪˈpəʊlɪ
slowly
ˈsləʊlɪ
soli
ˈsəʊlɪ
successfully
səkˈsɛsfʊlɪ
thankfully
ˈθæŋkfʊlɪ
wonderfully
ˈwʌndəfʊlɪ
yowley
ˈjaʊlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOWLY

dower house
dowerless
dowf
dowfness
dowie
dowitcher
dowl
Dowland
dowlas
dowlney
down
down and dirty
down at heel
down in the mouth
down on one´s luck
down payment
down the drain
down the hatch
down to
down under

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOWLY

brawly
crawly
creepy-crawly
drawly
fellowly
hollowly
lowly
mellowly
narrowly
newly
rawly
sallowly
scrawly
shallowly
sprawly
viewly
yellowly

Synonyms and antonyms of dowly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dowly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOWLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

dowly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dowly
570 millions of speakers

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dowly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dowly
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

dowly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Dowly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dowly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dowly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dowly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dowly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dowly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dowly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dowly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dowly
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

dowly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dowly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dowly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dowly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Dowly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Dowly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dowly
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

dowly
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

dowly
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

dowly
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

dowly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dowly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWLY»

The term «dowly» is used very little and occupies the 170.183 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWLY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOWLY»

Discover the use of dowly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dowly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
This dowly Iot's been Nelly's, \VlLsoN Pitnmn's Pay (18.13) 50; Dowly thowts are mair wor friends than foes, GILCHRIST Sngs. (1824) 17. Dur.', e.Dur.l Lakel. Yan was tellin' me _ . . hoo 'dowly' it was at times in a gurt toon whar she kcnt ...
Joseph Wright
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A glossary of the Cleveland dialect
Dowly, adj. 1. Of persons; poorly, heavy with sorrow or anxiety, low or depressed in spirit. 2. Of things ; lonely, melancholy, wearying or harassing. 3. Of the weather ; dull, gloomy, depressing. 0. N. ddlegr, hapless, wretched ; dauflegr, ...
John Christopher Atkinson, 1868
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A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, ...
Dowly, adj. 1. Of persons; poorly, heavy with sorrow or anxiety, low or depressed in spirit. 2. Of things; lonely, melancholy, wearying or harassing. 3. Of the weather ; dull, gloomy, depressing. O. N. da'legr, hapless, wretched; dnuflegr, ...
John Christopher Atkinson, 1868
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The dialect of Craven
DOWLY, Melancholy, from dule, sorrow. Welsh, dulyn. Fr. deuil. When dowly is applied to a person's look it signifies melancholy ; but when applied to situation it .means lonely or retired. " Ye look vara dowly." " This is a dowly place to live at.
William Carr (B.D.), 1828
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The Dialect of Craven in the West-Riding of the Country of ...
DOWLY, Melancholy, from dule, sorrow. WELSH, dulyn. FR. deuil. When dowly is applied to a person's look it signifies melancholy ; but when applied to situation it means lonely or retired. “Ye look vara dowly.” “ This is a dowly place to live at.
Mark-William Carr, 1828
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The Dialect of Craven, in the West-Riding of the County of ...
DOWLY, Melancholy, from dule, sorrow. Welsh, dulyn. Fb. deuil. When dowly is applied to a person's look it signifies melancholy ; but when applied to situation it means lonely or retired. " Ye look vara dowly." " This is a dowly place to live at.
William Carr, 1828
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The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York
DOWLY, Melancholy, from dule, sorrow. Welsh, dulyn. Fr. deuil. When dowly is applied to a person's look it signifies melancholy ; but when applied to situation it means lonely or retired. " Ye look vara dowly." " This is a dowly place to live at.
William Carr, 1828
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A glossary of North country words, in use: From an original ...
A Newcastle comparison. Doutsome, hesitating, uncertain as to the event. Dow, Doo, a little cake. See Yule-dow. Dowly, lonely, melancholy, sorrowful. " A dowly place" — " a dowly lot." v Down-come, a fall in the market, or indeed in any other  ...
John Trotter Brockett, 1825
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A glossary of north country words, in use. From an original ...
Douse, respectable, prudent. See Douce ; which appears identical. Doutsome, hesitating, uncertain as to the event — doubtful. Dow, Doo, or Dough, a little cake . See Yule-dough. Dowly, lonely, dismal, melancholy, sorrowful, doleful. " A dowly  ...
John Trotter Brockett, 1829
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The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small
O Dowly v4 Dowman v2 Dowmbar, W. vll Down (arms) vl4 Downam, v26 Downam, v26 Downame v8 Downan v4 Downbarr 34 Downdaniel v4 Downebear v8 Downeing, R. vl3 Downeinge v25 Downes 92 Downes 269... Downes v2 Downes ...
Michael C. O'Laughlin, 2002

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOWLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dowly is used in the context of the following news items.
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New crane up for construction at John R. Oishei Children's Hospital
Mark Dowly, the Project Manager from Turner Construction Company, explains that the crane will be, "used to install the structural steel for the ... «WKBW-TV, Apr 15»
2
St. Cloud Hospital births
Ahmed, Mohamed and Dowly Aden; St. Cloud; boy; Mursal Mohamed Hussein; Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Harris, Krystal; St. Cloud; boy; Davian ... «St. Cloud Times, Nov 14»
3
ACT Airlines A30B at Bagram on Mar 1st 2010, left main gear …
The BEA found that the procedures laid out by Messier-Bugatti-Dowly are less "intuitive" than the procedures of other manufacturers. The BEA ... «The Aviation Herald, Sep 14»
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A Tour de France fan's guide to Yorkshire slang
Dowly – dull, cloomy. Yat – hot. It's a bit black o'er our Bill's mother's – It looks like it's going to rain. Places on the Grand Depart route:. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 14»
5
USPHL Spring Showcase: Friday Recap
Kevin Dowly registered two goals for Boston. Eli Kinsman and Danny Ferri each had one goal and an assist. Nick Sibilia had two goals for the ... «JuniorHockey.com, May 14»
6
Denis Kilcommons: waiting for online deliveries
I haven't heard flower used as a term of endearment since Charlie Williams, and one delightful and emotive word is dowly: a dull, gloomy or ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Sep 13»
7
Pub that set the bar high
Neil reckons it rained for 250 days of the year and on the rest it was either drizzling, siling down, mizzling or dowly. However, the relentless ... «Yorkshire Post, Sep 13»
8
Tour de France 2012, stage 11: guide to today's mountains
Outside the hamlet that morning misty, moisty and dowly was the weather, and we met a woman gathering snails from a bank of nettles, her in a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 12»

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