drably

English

Etymology

drab + -ly

Adverb

drably (comparative more drably, superlative most drably)

  1. In a drab manner.
    • 1959 June, “Southern Newsreel: Four-car express units for the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, page 305:
      The same, unfortunately, cannot be said of the compartments and buffet car interior, which are drably institutional in their effect on the eye; [...].

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