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as in dimly
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as in sluggishly
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Recent Examples of dully
The result is a work that is at once boundless in scope and dully inert.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dully
Adverb
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The curtains were drawn so that it was dimly lit even during the daytime, and a medicinal smell filled the room.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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On the same phone, the police recovered a nearly three-minute video, very dimly lit, of a small figure working at the trunk of a large tree, a chainsaw droning in the background, leaning his whole weight into the job until the crackling collapse began.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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While plenty of talent is coming back to Columbus, Ohio State has to speed things up offensively after playing too sluggishly this season.—
Paul Myerberg,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
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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
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The shallow freshwater coursed lazily among the sawgrass, the water stretching from the Atlantic Coastal Ridge to the east to the highlands of what is now part of the Big Cypress National Preserve to the west.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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The account regularly shares videos of the siblings doing everything together, from snoozing lazily or causing the typical golden retriever mischief.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Nov. 2025
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In October, family, friends and community members somberly walked out of the courthouse, disappointed to learn the resentencing hearing for Rhoades would be delayed.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
20 Dec. 2025
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Stafford heard the transmission clearly and nodded silently and somberly.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
11 Nov. 2025
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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
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But Karl-Anthony Towns and OG Anunoby mustered just two shot attempts apiece, spending their time watching idly as the Knicks offense incessantly grinds into a standstill.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
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The boat bobbed idly, water lapping against it.—
Kelso Harper,
Scientific American,
16 Dec. 2025
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“Dully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dully. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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