Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Somewhat dull.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Somewhat dull; uninteresting; tiresome.
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- adjective Somewhat
dull ; dull to a degree.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mr. Marble to one of my earnest representations, "and I've known chaps among 'em that were almost as knowing as dullish whites; but everything out of the common way with 'em is pretty much chance.
Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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It may be a political intervention, as Balls had just been attacking the Lib Dems, or perhaps our dullish discussion of how coalitions worked in Germany was the final straw.
Ed Balls: 'Tony and Gordon never found a way to bring it together' 2010
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To his mother, Celia, hating austerity Britain and unfulfilled by marriage to her dullish pathologist husband, Holly becomes the vessel for all her longings.
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We are giving corporate American our assurance that our better students are dullish dolts.
"Magnificent Wind:"* In Which The Radical Begins Receiving Excuses From Her Students Even Before The Term Begins Tenured Radical 2009
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The dullish midsection is redeemed by the latter part of the book, though.
Archive 2007-08-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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Hillary can't even pick a bland American songster -- she's gotta pick a dullish Canadian?
Hillary's Campaign Song Originally Written For...Air Canada Ad 2009
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Hey I don't blame Joe - the next thing you know his dullish speechafying would appear on YouTube accompanied by Spazeboy's snarky comments.
Lieberman Camp Responds To Charges They Barred Lamont Supporter From Event 2009
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After all what will that student miss -- a dullish droning on about the syllabus, the fluffing of academic feathers, pearly housekeeping chore nuggets tossed out with little if any savoir faire and other important matters as the prof bides time since bookstore has bollixed the texts needed for the course, etc. etc.
"Magnificent Wind:"* In Which The Radical Begins Receiving Excuses From Her Students Even Before The Term Begins Tenured Radical 2009
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How dullish and media-trained does one's social conscience need to be to fail to be aware of that fact?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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But a funny thing about that: Despite its dullish edge, the movie still works!
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