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as in dimly
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as in sluggishly
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Recent Examples of dully
Cali remembered thinking, dully, that there was someone out there for everyone.
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Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dully
Adverb
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The Paris digs are infinitely sleeker, dimly lit, and darkly appointed, but the food is more or less an exact replica.—
Rob Haskell,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
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Its complexities and peculiarities are only dimly recalled, if at all, by many readers.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Their survival to this day tells us Mars' mantle has evolved sluggishly over billions of years.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Several rivulets flowed lazily through the debris.—
Daniel A. Gross,
New Yorker,
27 Aug. 2025
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Amid hunting for clues on the case, Tom hunches over his desk, lazily shoveling sausage-and-onion sandwiches into his mouth.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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For minimal pay, the démineurs face death daily, lethargically; their work is so methodical, and its payoff so distant, that no one really celebrates them.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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But the journalist didn't arrive to Mexico to sit idly by.—
Paula Soria,
AZCentral.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Yet communities have refused to stand by idly.—
William D. Lopez,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Dully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dully. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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