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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

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



The 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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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