drumly
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Turbid; full of grounds, dregs, or sediment; dreggy; muddy; holding foreign matter in mechanical solution.
- adjective Troubled; gloomy.
Examples
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You have to plunge waist deep, or deeper, into roaring torrents, and if the water be at all "drumly" you have not an idea where your next step may fall.
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There was a gusty wind sweeping drumly clouds athwart the sky -- faintly illuminated by the dying moon; now a few stars appeared momentarily, then a swathe of darkness enveloped all.
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It was a drumly outlook for one whose chief equipment was honesty of purpose, with, I am afraid, little of the arts of human diplomacy.
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But the weather was "dour," and the water "drumly," and every day the lumbermen sent a "drive" of ten thousand spruce logs rushing down the flooded stream.
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At the little stone bridge they stopped, and leaning over the parapet watched the drumly water rushing below; and there Jean reiterated her promise to be Gavin's wife as soon as he was able to make a home for her.
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Blood's thicker than water, they say, but it's not so pure and transparent; I have found my blood drumly enough. "
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
Note
The word 'drumly' may be related to the Scots 'drum, dram', meaning 'melancholy'.
