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dullish

[ duhl-ish ]

adjective

  1. somewhat dull; tending to be dull.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dullish1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; dull, -ish 1

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Example Sentences

He gets on in the good things faster than I do; I'm still but a dullish sort of a scollard; worse luck.

Will the reader consent to their Dialogue, which is dullish, but singular to have in an authentic form, with Nicolai as voucher?

But for so far back as any now remembered it had been a dullish gray, suggesting at a distance dead lichens.

It looked dullish; besides, thought I, after all, we dont particularly want to go to Zinal.

It was a lovely rather dullish blue, such as you see in old china, and sprays of flowers were outlined in white.

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