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dowie

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Definitions

  1. It means sad, dull, or dreary, chiefly in Scots.

Word origin

From Scots dowie, apparently a form of dull + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • There was no comfort in the goodliness of spring or the bright sunshine weather, and she who had been wont to go about the doors lightfoot and blithe was now as dowie as a widow woman.
  • ‘You are less use than an empty tin can, you dowey old cassowary.’

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