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drawl

[ drawl ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.


noun

  1. an act or utterance of a person who drawls.

drawl

/ drɔːl /

verb

  1. to speak or utter (words) slowly, esp prolonging the vowel sounds


noun

  1. the way of speech of someone who drawls

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Derived Forms

  • ˈdrawling, adjective
  • ˈdrawly, adjective
  • ˈdrawler, noun

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Other Words From

  • drawler noun
  • drawling·ly adverb
  • drawling·ness noun
  • drawly adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of drawl1

1590–1600; < Dutch or Low German dralen to linger

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Word History and Origins

Origin of drawl1

C16: probably frequentative of draw

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Example Sentences

David has a Southern drawl and charm that informs his character.

Still, a tight-jawed smile, wild eyes and a southern California drawl remind me of Matthew McConaughey.

She raps with a tightly-wound drawl, one that, to American ears, feels tone-deaf not musically, but socially.

Boyd is tall and thickly muscled and speaks softly in a Piedmont drawl.

When the crew travels underwater, they discover a land where the mermen and merwomen speak a Southern American drawl.

The man did not live, nor could the occasion arrive, which would quicken his constitutional drawl.

He talked freely and intimately in a low, hesitating drawl that was not unpleasant to hear.

Except in long speeches she did not drawl; at times she spoke rapidly, snapping off sentences abruptly.

Again the note of melancholy, throbbing above the drawl––rising, indeed, into a wail.

He seemed to affect a drawl, and the grasp of his hand was not exactly hearty.

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