British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
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dowdy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | baron hugh caswall tremenheere dowding, dowding, hugh dowding |
dowdy::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Derivation | dowdiness |
a dowdy grey outfit.
a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room.
Examples of dowdy
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Budapest's airport is dowdy, but its restaurant is better than most in the East.
From the time.com
Who's that dowdy Representative resigning her seat to atone for Congress's sins?
From the time.com
Dowdy demonstrated the efficiency with which PTD transduces proteins into cells.
From the sciencedaily.com
It's not quite an SUV, since it is based on a car platform, nor a dowdy minivan.
From the businessweek.com
The BMW 7 Series seems sober by comparison, the Mercedes S-Class downright dowdy.
From the bloomberg.com
The dowdy image of cruises being only for retired folk is being thrown overboard.
From the metro.co.uk
Dowdy and colleagues then linked a bacterial enzyme to the PTD and fluorescein.
From the sciencedaily.com
Dowdy smoked for 20 years before she started using the e-cigarette two years ago.
From the stltoday.com
They view Kostya as insufficiently masculine, his wife, Vera, as tragically dowdy.
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- Dowding: British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
- Lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"
- Deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
- Primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"
- (dowdily) in a dowdy unfashionable manner; "she dresses dowdily"
- Plain and unfashionable in style or dress; Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby
- Means "a bit shabby, old-fashioned": Maude Lynn Dresser loves that dowdy old dress her mother gave her.
- A coarse, vulgar-looking woman.
