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dullish [duhl-ish] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective somewhat dull; tending to be dull. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of dullish Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at dull, -ish1 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for dullish Historical Examples of dullish
He gets on in the good things faster than I do; I’m still but a dullish sort of a scollard; worse luck.
The Sheepfold and the Common, Vol. II (of 2)
Timothy East
At the southern end was a great open porch, the adobe floor stained a dullish red, and vines were climbing over the columns.
A Little Girl in Old San Francisco
Amanda Minnie Douglas
They were full of noise and commotion, and yet, as a matter of fact, they were dullish as they dropped one after another.
The Wizard’s Son, Vol. 2(of 3)
Margaret Oliphant
Will the reader consent to their Dialogue, which is dullish, but singular to have in an authentic form, with Nicolai as voucher?
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVIII. (of XXI.)
Thomas Carlyle
He turned his eyes to where she was indicating and saw a dullish object in the sky, some thousand feet up.
Anderson Horne
