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PRONUNCIATION OF DRONY

drony  [ˈdrəʊnɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRONY

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

WHAT DOES DRONY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of drony in the English dictionary

The definition of drony in the dictionary is resembling or characterised by a drone.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DRONY


canzone
kænˈzəʊnɪ
chitarrone
ˌkɪtɑːˈrəʊnɪ
chitarroni
ˌkɪtɑːˈrəʊnɪ
cicerone
ˌsɪsəˈrəʊnɪ
ciceroni
ˌtʃɪtʃəˈrəʊnɪ
crony
ˈkrəʊnɪ
Gaborone
ˌhæbəˈrəʊnɪ
gittarone
ˌɡɪtəˈrəʊnɪ
leone
liːˈəʊnɪ
macaroni
ˌmækəˈrəʊnɪ
maccaroni
ˌmækəˈrəʊnɪ
minestrone
ˌmɪnɪˈstrəʊnɪ
Moroni
məˈrəʊnɪ
Mulroney
mʌlˈrəʊnɪ
negroni
nɪˈɡrəʊnɪ
padrone
pəˈdrəʊnɪ
pepperoni
ˌpɛpəˈrəʊnɪ
pony
ˈpəʊnɪ
Squadrone
skwɒˈdrəʊnɪ
tony
ˈtəʊnɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRONY

drone
drone aircraft
droner
drongo
drongo shrike
droning
droningly
dronish
dronishly
dronishness
dronklap
dronkverdriet
droob
drook
drookit
drool
drooly
droop
droopily
droopiness

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRONY

asynchrony
barony
chevrony
diachrony
dramatic irony
heterochrony
irony
saffrony
Socratic irony
synchrony
tragic irony

Synonyms and antonyms of drony in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «drony» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRONY

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

Translator English - Chinese

drony
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Drony
570 millions of speakers

English

drony
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

drony
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

drony
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Дроны
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

drony
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

drony
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

drony
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Drony
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

drony
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

drony
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

drony
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Drony
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

drony
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

drony
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शोकांतिका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

drony
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

drony
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дрони
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

drony
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

drony
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drony
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

drony
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

drony
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drony

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRONY»

The term «drony» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.153 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRONY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «drony» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «drony» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRONY»

Discover the use of drony in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drony and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for ...
1805, which, it must be needless to mention, was preEl'l'fid by the able and indefatigable Dr. Vicesimus nox, the accomplished scholar gives the line — “ Save where the beetle wheels his drony flight." Dr. Johnson's Dictionary does not insert ...
2
New Monthly Magazine
After I wrote to you in April we led a regular drony life (not drony in the full meaning of the word, but drony so far as that there was no change, our only recreation being to rub our mosquito bites, to torment the flies, and to bury our dead after the ...
Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, 1855
3
The New Monthly Magazine
After I wrote to you in April we led a regular drony life (not drony in the full meaning of the word, but drony so far as that there was no change, our only recreation being to rub our mosquito bites, to torment the flies, and to bury our dead after the ...
4
The New monthly magazine and universal register. [Continued ...
After I wrote to you in April we led a regular drony life (not drony in the full meaning of the word, but drony so far as that there was no change, our only recreation being to rub our mosquito bites, to torment the flies, and to bury our dead after the ...
5
The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Slow-moving, sluggish. Lnk. Heirs an' fond lovers account it nae crime To sing or to say, ' Haste awa', drony time.' WATSON POCIIIS (1853) so. s.Chs.l A farmer complained that his boys were 'drony' in the morning, when he called them. 2. 1'.
Joseph Wright
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Lip Service
As a bona fide representative of the fourth estate, I'd been promised an official download of the drony speech, so I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to the great man's witterings. Instead, to a chorus of indignant shushing from the rapt audience ...
Terry Bond
7
The Publications of the Thoresby Society
Drony Laith, Leeds — article by C. D. Hardcastle. The Drony Laith estate was near Bean Ing Mills in Wellington Street. * The Old Boggard House — article by C. D. Hardcastle. * The first Independent chapels in Leeds — article by Loidis. YWP ...
8
East end, west end: the face of Leeds during urbanisation, ...
stables, a press shop, counting house, smiths' and millwrights' workshops and a warehouse. At Drony Laith were: a dyehouse, warehouse, engine house, press shop, dwelling house, spinning rooms and weaving shops, a stable and barn, ...
Maurice Warwick Beresford, 1988
9
Merriam-Webster's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
... loaf, loll 5 idler, strum, thrum 6 bumble, dawdle, loiter, lounge 7 bagpipe, male bee 8 parasite 9 bombinate 10 pedal point 12 diddle-daddle dronish see drony drony 4 lazy 7 work-shy 8 faineant, indolent, slothful 9 easygoing, slowgoing drool ...
‎1995
10
Englische Studien
Let us take, for example, the most striking variants in the Elegy: 7 drony; 36 path of glory leads; 120 his stone. If I mistake not, "drony" is found in all the editions of Dodsley's Collection of Poems in which the Elegy occurs (1755, 1758, 1763, ...
Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Arthur Kölbing, 1911

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRONY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drony is used in the context of the following news items.
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La Luz share "Don't Wanna Be Anywhere" from new LP; EZTV and …
... Art. "Don't Wanna Be Anywhere" is the quintessential La Luz sound: light and frothy, with drony organ and lush harmonies riding the crest. «Brooklyn Vegan, Jul 15»
2
Za desítky milionů prodali svoji IT firmu. Teď dva profesoři ČVUT …
... role − zatímco Rehák má na starosti strategii vývojového týmu, Pěchouček, jinak též odborník na bezpilotní letouny, takzvané drony, tým řídí. «Hospodářské noviny, Jun 15»
3
Audi TT Coupé review: The TT's coming of age
The exhaust is better tuned than the older model, which we found could sound a little drony through mid-revs just before gear changes. «Pocket-lint.com, Jun 15»
4
check out Toronto psych band Fresh Snow who are playing the …
If you like to zone on a drony kraut groove, you will probably be into the streamable tracks below. A new record is on the way soon, see keep ... «Brooklyn Vegan, Jun 15»
5
VICE Exclusive: Kid606's New Video Will Put You in an Introspective …
Lately, he's been creating introspective, drony, ambient songs, rather than the dance-crazy MDMA-powered hardcore beats of his past, and ... «VICE, May 15»
6
Interview: Slow West Director John Maclean
It was the opposite of the “Snowtown” soundtrack which is very drony and atmospheric and I wanted something melodic and written, but he ... «ComingSoon.net, May 15»
7
This Evening: Together In Electric Dreams
Sometimes drony, often folksy — if not outright weird — the band's music is as visceral as it is divisive. We are firmly in their camp however, and ... «Philebrity.com, Apr 15»
8
The music never dies
The instrumental duo is a departure for Reider, who describes their sound as “funky at times, drony at times, Wall of Sound-y at times, loud, ... «Harvard Gazette, Apr 15»
9
Moon Duo – Shadow of the Sun (ALBUM REVIEW)
Naturally, the albums longer jams deliver as well. On “Ice,” there is a pleasure in the meandering nature of the drony guitar as its notes wander ... «Glide Magazine, Mar 15»
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Monthly Archives: December 2014
The strong, stacked bill also includes the drony and scary Haunted Horses, and some potently forceful post-punk from local boys Chrome ... «The SunBreak, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Drony [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/drony>. Apr 2024 ».
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