Definitions
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- adverb In a
frowsy manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The crowd with parti-coloured faces, tired, good-humoured, frowsily scented, strolled over a battlefield thick-strewn with paper bags, banana peel, and newspapers.
The White Monkey 2004
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The wife also went away, and we were left with the shy, gentle, dirty, and frowsily-dressed Giovanni.
Twilight in Italy 2003
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There was a small boy asleep on the couch this time, and the usual frowsily tired traveling public relaxed against various of the chairs.
Star-Dust Fannie Hurst 1928
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The wife also went away, and we were left with the shy, gentle, dirty, and frowsily-dressed Giovanni.
Twilight in Italy 1907
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Whilst Miss Pinnegar and her father sat frowsily on for ever, eating their toast and cutting off the crust, and sipping their third cup of tea.
The Lost Girl 1907
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She had no arts, no impulses nor graces -- scarce even any manners; she was queerly, almost frowsily dressed; yet she pleased me well.
A Passionate Pilgrim Henry James 1879
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