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PRONUNCIATION OF DULLISHLY

dullishly  [ˈdʌlɪʃlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DULLISHLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dullishly 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 DULLISHLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dullishly in the English dictionary

The definition of dullishly in the dictionary is in a slightly dull manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DULLISHLY


bullishly
ˈbʊlɪʃlɪ
childishly
ˈtʃaɪldɪʃlɪ
churlishly
ˈtʃɜːlɪʃlɪ
devilishly
ˈdevlɪʃlɪ
dollishly
ˈdɒlɪʃlɪ
fallalishly
fælˈlælɪʃlɪ
feverishly
ˈfiːvərɪʃlɪ
fiendishly
ˈfiːndɪʃlɪ
foolishly
ˈfuːlɪʃlɪ
ghoulishly
ˈɡuːlɪʃlɪ
girlishly
ˈɡɜːlɪʃlɪ
hellishly
ˈhɛlɪʃlɪ
lavishly
ˈlævɪʃlɪ
mulishly
ˈmjuːlɪʃlɪ
owlishly
ˈaʊlɪʃlɪ
sheepishly
ˈʃiːpɪʃlɪ
sluggishly
ˈslʌɡɪʃlɪ
stylishly
ˈstaɪlɪʃlɪ
ticklishly
ˈtɪklɪʃlɪ
unselfishly
ʌnˈsɛlfɪʃlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DULLISHLY

dulcimer
dulcinea
dulcite
dulcitude
dule
dulia
dull
dull-witted
dullard
Dulles
dullish
dullness
dullsville
dully
dulness
dulocracy
dulosis
dulotic
dulse

WORDS THAT END LIKE DULLISHLY

aguishly
amateurishly
boyishly
cartoonishly
clannishly
cliquishly
coquettishly
doltishly
freakishly
freshly
garishly
impishly
knavishly
oafishly
outlandishly
peevishly
selfishly
skittishly
squeamishly
uppishly
waggishly

Synonyms and antonyms of dullishly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dullishly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DULLISHLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

dullishly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dullishly
570 millions of speakers

English

dullishly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dullishly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

dullishly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скучновато
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dullishly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dullishly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dullishly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dullishly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dullishly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dullishly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dullishly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dullishly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dullishly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dullishly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नीचपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dullishly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dullishly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dullishly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нуднувато
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dullishly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dullishly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dullishly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dullishly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dullishly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dullishly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DULLISHLY»

The term «dullishly» is barely ever used and occupies the 200.820 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DULLISHLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dullishly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dullishly» 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 dullishly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DULLISHLY»

Discover the use of dullishly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dullishly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Rainbow
An all-containing will in her for complete independence, complete social independence, complete independence from any personal authority, kept her dullishly at her studies. For she knew that she had always her price of ransom — her ...
David Herbert Lawrence, 1915
2
The Zoist
... into the air. No neutralization of od, but where blue and red od met a bluish red was formed. — In particular. Unlike pairing, a, right fingers on left shoulder — dark spots, at first dullishly glowing hands, afterwards brighter, breaking out into ...
3
The Rainbow: Easyread Large Edition
An all-containing will in her for complete independence, complete social independence, complete independence from any personal authority, kept her dullishly at her studies. For she knew that she had always her price of ransom – her ...
D. H. Lawrence, 2009
4
Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya
... my children would play with in the bathtub, rounded and dullishly smoothed, like an old-fashioned view of the way things will look in the old-fashioned future, not pointed and harshly shiny like the future I am used to living in now. And so we  ...
Jamaica Kincaid, 2011
5
As She Likes It: Shakespeare's Unruly Women
In 1992 there was a new RSC main-house production by Bill Alexander: according to Michael Billington (Guardian Weekly, 19 April 1992), a 'dullishly academic version' using the Sly framework: 'He shows Christopher Sly as a drunken bum ...
Penny Gay, 2002
6
The Smuggler: A Tale
... race of mankind called white,) of which the heavy brows, small eyes, pursy forehead, and wide, thick-lipped mouth, presented only a plodding, in-earnest, dullishly- clever, (will you accept the compound?) and absolutely honest expression.
John Banim, 1831
7
The Rainbow (虹):
An allcontaining will in her for complete independence, complete social independence, complete independencefromany personal authority, kepther dullishly atherstudies. For she knewthatshehad alwaysher price ofransom—her femaleness.
David Herbert Lawrence, 2011
8
The smuggler, by the author of 'Tales of the O'Hara family'.
... race of mankind called white,) of which the heavy brows, small eyes, pursy forehead, and wide, thick-lipped mouth, presented only a plodding, in. earnest, dullishly-clever, (will you accept the compound ?) and absolutely honest expression.
O'Hara family pseud, 1833
9
The Diaries of Donald Friend
I had been feeling depressedly dullishly dumpish since yesterday, and now comes a change of mood — a letter from Paul Haefliger cheered me up. And also I worked with Karunasena altering the garden for a while: then the other two boys , ...
Donald Friend, Anne Gray, Paul Hetherington, 2005
10
WORD JUDGE USA
... DULCIFIES DULCIFY DULCIFYING DULCIMER DULCIMERS DULCIMORE DULCIMORES DULCINEA DULCINEAS DULIA DULIAS DULL DULLARD DULLARDS DULLED DULLER DULLEST DULLING DULLISH DULLISHLY DULLNESS ...
Maliha Mendoza Mahmood, 2013

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DULLISHLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dullishly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The anti-Bridget Jones's diary
I was with you in London through those years: 28, single and buying The (dullishly worthy) Independent each week just to read your diary ... «NEWS.com.au, Sep 13»

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