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drawl
[ drawl ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.
noun
- an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
drawl
/ drɔːl /
verb
- to speak or utter (words) slowly, esp prolonging the vowel sounds
noun
- 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
- drawler noun
- drawling·ly adverb
- drawling·ness noun
- drawly adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of drawl1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of drawl1
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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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