dowdily

2 definitions found

dowdily - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dowdy \Dow"dy\, a. [Compar. Dowdier; superl. Dowdiest.]
     [Scot. dawdie slovenly, daw, da sluggard, drab, Prov. E. dowd
     flat, dead.]
     Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in
     dress; vulgar-looking. -- Dow"di*ly, adv. -- Dow"di*ness,
     n.
     [1913 Webster]

dowdily - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dowdily
      adv 1: in a dowdy unfashionable manner; "she dresses dowdily"
             [syn: dowdily, frumpily, frumpishly]