"dully" meaning in All languages combined

See dully on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dully.wav [US] Forms: more dully [comparative], most dully [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌli Etymology: Etymology tree English dull Middle English -ly English -ly English dully From dull + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|dull|-ly|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English dull Middle English -ly English -ly English dully [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "dully", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="dully"> From dull + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adj}} dully (comparative more dully, superlative most dully)
  1. (now rare) Dim, indistinct. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-dully-en-adj--jQWlhva Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 46 54

Adverb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dully.wav [US] Forms: more dully [comparative], most dully [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌli Etymology: Etymology tree English dull Middle English -ly English -ly English dully From dull + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|dull|-ly|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English dull Middle English -ly English -ly English dully [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "dully", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="dully"> From dull + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} dully (comparative more dully, superlative most dully)
  1. In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre.
    Sense id: en-dully-en-adv-Zjkz57EP Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 17 83
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "dull",
        "4": "-ly",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish dull\nMiddle English -ly\nEnglish -ly\nEnglish dully\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ly\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"dully\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"dully\">\nFrom dull + -ly.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish dull\nMiddle English -ly\nEnglish -ly\nEnglish dully\nFrom dull + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dully",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dully",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dully (comparative more dully, superlative most dully)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ly",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 127:",
          "text": "The parson, all unaware, dully pursued his calling, perched above the exquisite derision of their glances.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre."
      ],
      "id": "en-dully-en-adv-Zjkz57EP",
      "links": [
        [
          "dull",
          "dull"
        ],
        [
          "liveliness",
          "liveliness"
        ],
        [
          "lustre",
          "lustre"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dully.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dully"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "dull",
        "4": "-ly",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish dull\nMiddle English -ly\nEnglish -ly\nEnglish dully\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ly\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"dully\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"dully\">\nFrom dull + -ly.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish dull\nMiddle English -ly\nEnglish -ly\nEnglish dully\nFrom dull + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dully",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dully",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dully (comparative more dully, superlative most dully)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ly",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1832, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Palace of Art:",
          "text": "Far off she seem'd to hear the dully sound / Of human footsteps fall.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dim, indistinct."
      ],
      "id": "en-dully-en-adj--jQWlhva",
      "links": [
        [
          "Dim",
          "dim"
        ],
        [
          "indistinct",
          "indistinct"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) Dim, indistinct."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dully.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dully"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English adverbs",
    "English entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
    "English entries referencing missing etymons",
    "English entries with etymology texts",
    "English entries with etymon",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -ly",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌli",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌli/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "dull",
        "4": "-ly",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish dull\nMiddle English -ly\nEnglish -ly\nEnglish dully\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ly\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"dully\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"dully\">\nFrom dull + -ly.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish dull\nMiddle English -ly\nEnglish -ly\nEnglish dully\nFrom dull + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dully",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dully",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dully (comparative more dully, superlative most dully)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 127:",
          "text": "The parson, all unaware, dully pursued his calling, perched above the exquisite derision of their glances.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dull",
          "dull"
        ],
        [
          "liveliness",
          "liveliness"
        ],
        [
          "lustre",
          "lustre"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dully.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dully"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English adverbs",
    "English entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
    "English entries referencing missing etymons",
    "English entries with etymology texts",
    "English entries with etymon",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -ly",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌli",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌli/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "dull",
        "4": "-ly",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish dull\nMiddle English -ly\nEnglish -ly\nEnglish dully\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ly\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"dully\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"dully\">\nFrom dull + -ly.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish dull\nMiddle English -ly\nEnglish -ly\nEnglish dully\nFrom dull + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dully",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dully",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dully (comparative more dully, superlative most dully)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1832, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Palace of Art:",
          "text": "Far off she seem'd to hear the dully sound / Of human footsteps fall.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dim, indistinct."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Dim",
          "dim"
        ],
        [
          "indistinct",
          "indistinct"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) Dim, indistinct."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dully.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-dully.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dully"
}

Download raw JSONL data for dully meaning in All languages combined (4.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.