dully

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Recent Examples of dully Cali remembered thinking, dully, that there was someone out there for everyone. Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dully
Adverb
  • 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
  • Its complexities and peculiarities are only dimly recalled, if at all, by many readers.
    John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Their survival to this day tells us Mars' mantle has evolved sluggishly over billions of years.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Several rivulets flowed lazily through the debris.
    Daniel A. Gross, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • But the journalist didn't arrive to Mexico to sit idly by.
    Paula Soria, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • 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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