frumpily
- adverb
- /ˈfrʌmpɪli/
- Informal
:
de manera anticuada
- She arrived at the party frumpily dressed in an oversized sweater and baggy pants.
Examples
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Despite her wealth, she always presented herself rather frumpily at public events.
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She dresses frumpily for work.
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He spoke frumpily about fashion, obviously uninterested in current trends.
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Why do you always look so frumpily dressed?
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Despite her wealth, she always presented herself rather frumpily at public events.
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She arrived at the party frumpily dressed in an oversized sweater and baggy pants.
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He spoke frumpily about fashion, showing little interest in contemporary styles.
Synonyms
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5.5
In a clumsy way that is not graceful
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5.6
In a way that does not follow current styles
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4.2
In a way that looks plain or unpleasant to others
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4.4
In a way that looks old and not cared for
In an old-fashioned way that looks untidy
In a way that looks old and not stylish
In a way that looks unattractive or unpleasant
In a messy, untidy way, especially about clothes or hair
In a lazy, untidy way with shoulders bent forward
In a way that does not look fashionable
Antonyms
How Unfashionably
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Frumpily comes from the adjective frumpy, which comes from frump, an old word for a person who looks dull or unfashionable. So to act frumpily is to dress or behave 'dowdily' and 'unfashionably'.