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DREARY

\dɹˈi͡əɹi], \dɹˈi‍əɹi], \d_ɹ_ˈiə_ɹ_i]\

Definitions of DREARY

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Cheerless; gloomy.
Drearily.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Drearily.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Drearily.
Forlorn; lonely; gloomy.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Sorrowful, distressful; gloomy, dismal, horrid.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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