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Definition of Dowdyish
1. a. Like a dowdy.
Definition of Dowdyish
1. Adjective. Like a dowdy; frumpy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dowdyish
1. dowdy [adj] - See also: dowdy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dowdyish
Literary usage of Dowdyish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1877)
"How fluffy, squatty, and dowdyish is the typical owl! Whether it means little or
much, it is thus with the Diurnal and the Nocturnal Lepidoptera. ..."
2. Southern Literary Messenger (1849)
"Princesa Caroline, with whom Lord Hervey was suspected of maintaining too great
an intimacy, was, we are told, amiable, but dowdyish in her person, ..."
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