Meaning & use
dully
In a boring, uninteresting, or lifeless manner; without brightness, sharpness, or energy.
See it in a sentence
The lecture droned on dully, and several students struggled to stay awake.
The old lamp glowed dully in the corner of the abandoned house.
A note on using this word
Dully can describe both a lack of interest, as in a dull speech, and a lack of physical brightness or sharpness, as in a dully gleaming blade.
Words with a similar meaning
monotonouslyflatly
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
brightlyvividly
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