dully Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb without liveliness
    • she nodded her head dully
  2. adverb without luster or shine
    • the light shone dully through the haze
    • unpolished buttons glinted dully

WordNet


Dul"ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In a dull manner; stupidly; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.
    Supinely calm and dully innocent. G. Lyttelton.

Webster 1913