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Meanings of frumpish in English

Primly out of date.

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Examples for "dowdy"
Examples for "dowdy"
1
She hadn't yet introduced her guest: a dowdy dishwater-blonde with bad posture.
The next to die
2
They do not dress well; they look altogether somewhat dowdy and commonplace.
Evergreens
3
They live in a dowdy tenement, and are as poor as crows.
Without a Home
4
The dowdy little woman answered her indifferently, staring at her a little.
The Shuttle
5
The tiny Twizy is a faster, sportier interpretation of the dowdy NEV.
Wired
1
A rather frumpy old bachelor, with thinning hair and a thickening neck.
One Basket
2
The frumpy blonde stood by her station wagon, staring back at her.
The next to die
3
She is frumpy enough for anything; and you call that an engagement?
The Heart of Una Sackville
4
The frumpy man before him was a gift from Aziz's newest benefactor.
Transfer of power
5
Opting for the wrong foundation can render a gorgeous dress unflattering and frumpy.
The Irish Times
Usage of frumpish in English
1
Mrs. Flint was a rather frumpish individual, who always gave the impression of pieced-out dressmaking.
The Blood Red Dawn
2
The best people had played frumpish parts then.
Broken to the Plow / A Novel
3
Two well-muscled slaves fanned her with palms, giving her the look of some despotic yet frumpish eastern queen.
Roma Victrix
4
She really looks a little frumpish out-of-doors, and perhaps that is why papa went on to Mrs. Carruthers.
Red Hair
5
It does seem odd and frumpish not to be in Scotland, but motoring covers a multitude of social sins.
Set in Silver
6
They had annihilated that unfair advantage with frumpish clothes, bad posture, chewing gum, and a ghoulish use of cosmetics.
The Sirens of Titan
7
Kitty, fat and fashionable, and Di, slim and elaborately frumpish, came to meet me with pajama legs in their hands.
Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley
8
A woman is frumpish and old-fashioned if she does not know that "adultery with one paramour is nick-named marriage."
L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits
9
I think they are all most awfully frumpish and stupid, and I can't imagine what makes Joan so fond of them!
The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911
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Frumpish through the time