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present participle of drawl
Synonyms of drawling
to speak slowly with vowel sounds that are longer than usual
- He drawled his name in a Southern accent.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for drawling
- breathing,
- chirping,
- gasping,
- lipping,
- mouthing,
- murmuring,
- purring,
- shouting,
- spluttering,
- spouting,
- whispering
- articulating,
- bringing out,
- enunciating,
- passing,
- saying,
- speaking,
- stating,
- talking,
- telling,
- uttering,
- verbalizing,
- vocalizing
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“Drawling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawling. Accessed 24 May. 2022.
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