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as in dimly
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as in sluggishly
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Recent Examples of dully
If people in the old days really talked so slowly and dully, more would have died of boredom than of disease.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dully
Adverb
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Darkness Looms Streetlights glow dimly near the entrance to the Havana Bay Tunnel, which connects Old Havana to Havana del Este, on March 7.—
Thomas E. Franklin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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The cavernous lobby is quiet and dimly lit.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2026
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He was beaten from distance for the first goal, moving sluggishly as a shot dropped into his far corner.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Lincoln-Way East started sluggishly, to say the least, and trailed 7-4 after one quarter before Brown entered the game and scored seven points in the second quarter.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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There’s a novella of a wine list, with by-the-glass options obscurely scrawled on a mirror above the bar.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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The rooms Each room here channels a new type of contemporary African design—there are no throwaway uses of Ankara cloth to lazily signal to the continent.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Mar. 2026
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Dense mattresses and coverlets of various colors, adorned with all kinds of decorations, lay, lazily stacked, on a bed in a small room.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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Joseph and his supporters were clad in green and white and marched somberly to the election council’s headquarters.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2026
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As a light dusting of snow fell over Minneapolis Sunday morning, community members lit candles, laid fresh flowers and stood somberly around a makeshift vigil at the site of Pretti’s death.—
Michael Biesecker,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2026
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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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The spouses correct each other’s grammar, natter about a razor, idly wonder if Martin might have Alzheimer’s.—
Steven Winn,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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Their comments build on a large body of evidence documented by journalists, activists and Palestinians that show Israeli soldiers supporting or standing idly by as Israeli settlers attack Palestinians or encroach on their land.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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The rise of disco in the mid-1970s prompted too many soul-music greats to halfheartedly jump on the bandwagon.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Dully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dully. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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