dowdilyadv.
/ˈdaʊdɪli/ In a dowdy fashion.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adverb] > in specific way
to (also into, unto) one's (also the) shirtc1300
in or of (a) suitc1325
in ragsa1350
in (also on) one's shirtc1380
in suit of or with1389
thinlya1400
in suit with1488
finely?1552
raggedly1552
smoothly1579
garish1590
briskly1592
in one's waistcoat1607
in mourning1621
in cuerpoa1640
in gala1757
airily1768
plain1808
in mufti1816
in, on one's stocking-soles1827
seedily1837
in beaver1840
back to front1869
dowdily1887
dossily1903
head-to-toe1946
sharp1951
sharply1965
understatedly1972
1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember II. ix. 156 The two girls..were dressed exactly alike and very dowdily.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adv.1887- to punch the gas
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- to purchase a writ
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- to purge a person's purse
- to purge a purse
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- to purge of partial counsel
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- to purpose
- to purpose that
- to pursue after
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- to push a a pencil
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- to push a person back on his heels
- to push a person's button
- to push a person's buttons
- to push about