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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
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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