dowdily
- adverb
- /ˈdaʊdɪli/
:
de manera anticuada
- She always dresses dowdily, preferring comfort over style.
Examples
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Despite her talent, she presented herself dowdily and without any flair for fashion.
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He was criticized for appearing dowdily at the formal event.
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She dressed dawdily for the party.
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He walked dawdily into the meeting.
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Despite her talent, she presented herself dowdily and without any flair for fashion.
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He was criticized for appearing dowdily at the formal event.
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She always dresses dowdily, preferring comfort over style.
Synonyms
1
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
To dress or act in an old-fashioned, untidy way
In an old-fashioned way that looks untidy
In a way that does not look fashionable
In a dull way without life or interest
Antonyms
How Unfashionable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dowdily comes from the simple word dowdy, which means 'unfashionable' or 'shabby' and was used for plain, old clothes. So to do something dowdily is to do it in a plain, out-of-date way—think of tired clothes that do not follow current style.