Definition of Drony

1. a. Like a drone; sluggish; lazy.

Definition of Drony

1. Adjective. (context: of a sound) Dronelike. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drony

1. monotonous [adj DRONIER, DRONIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drony

drones
droney
drongo
drongoe
drongoes
drongos
dronier
droniest
droning
droningly
dronings
dronish
dronkelewe
dronkverdriet
dronte
drony (current term)
droodle
droodles
droog
droogish
droogs
drook
drooked
drooking
drookings
drookit
drooks
drool
drool over
drooled

Literary usage of Drony

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"Drones [droa-nz], s.pl. a steelyard. drony [droa-ni], adj. sluggish. A farmer complained that his boys were " drony " in the morning, when he called them. ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1851)
"It would be extraordinary, if drony were the epithet first adopted by Gray, and subsequently altered ..."

3. The Folk-speech of South Cheshire by Thomas Darlington (1887)
"... s.pl. a steelyard. drony [droa-ni], adj. sluggish. A fanner complained that his boya were " drony " in the morning, when he called them. ..."

4. The Celtic Monthly: A Magazine for Highlanders (1904)
"I hear a sound on the mountain side Like evening flies in "drony dance" ; It must be Erin's fiery sous, Or the stirring of storm in the wood. ..."

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