dullish, a.
(ˈdʌlɪʃ)
[f. dull a. + -ish.]
Somewhat dull, rather dull.
| 1399 Lang. Rich. Redeles iii. 127 And ffor her dignesse endauntid of dullisshe nollis. 1581 Savile Tacitus' Hist. ii. lxxvii. (1591) 98 The other through pride and breach of discipline waxe dullish. 1660 Howell Parly of Beasts 12 (D.) They are somewhat heavy in motion and dullish. 1751 R. Paltock P. Wilkins (1884) II xi. 115 A dullish glass. 1866 Mrs. Gaskell Wives & Dau. xxxvii, I haven't read it myself, for it looked dullish. |