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Meanings of dully in English

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Usage of dully in English
1
Some spattered on the panes sharply; some dropped dully in the room.
The Trespasser
2
When? he asked, dully remembering the drunken hag he had seen-agesago.
Laughter in the dark
3
He never got a chance to use that flame-thrower, Noah thought dully.
The Young Lions
4
The sea complained dully and the waves beat angrily against the beach.
Twenty-six and One, and Other Stories
5
His foot was throbbing dully now, keeping time with his quickening heartbeat.
Blue noon
6
Again he paused and looked dully at the thing in his hands.
The Winning of Barbara Worth
7
He simply looked at the sea dully and swore in an undertone.
Men, Women, and Boats
8
Rune heard gasps and wondered dully how anyone could not have known.
The coming of the dragon
9
Rybin nodded his head in the direction he was going, saying dully:
Mother
10
Never did Pretender speculate more dully upon the dullness of the masses.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
11
Jenny passed the dully-lighted shop, and turned in at her own gate.
Nocturne
12
Sitting in it with a policeman on either side, Rybin shouted dully:
Mother
13
Ripley didn't reply, simply sat staring dully at Ash on the monitor.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
14
He stood still in a dazed fashion and stared dully about him.
The Tale of Snowball Lamb
15
Her prow was turned before the sound came dully across the waters.
As It Was in the Beginning
16
She had moved ahead, and her voice echoed dully from the walls.
The undertaker's gift
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Dully through the time
Dully across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common