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Definition of Drumly
1. a. Turbid; muddy.
Definition of Drumly
1. Adjective. (obsolete dialect UK Scotland) turbid; muddy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drumly
1. dark and gloomy [adj -LIER, -LIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drumly
Literary usage of Drumly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"... loud tempest storming before the mid-day ; I've seen Tweed's silver streams,
Shining in the sunny beams, Grow drumly and dark as ho rowed on his way. ..."
2. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1880)
"It was a tempting opportunity, moreover, to air his own erudition, which had been
growing somewhat musty of late. ' Noo, you maun understan, Mr. drumly, ..."
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