DRABLY

drably

(adverb) in a drab manner; “she dresses drably”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

drably (comparative more drably, superlative most drably)

In a drab manner.

Anagrams

• Baldry, Bradly, dry lab, dry-lab, lybard

Source: Wiktionary

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DRAB

Drab, n. Etym: [AS. drabbe dregs, lees; akin to D. drab, drabbe, dregs, G. treber; for sense 1, cf. also Gael. drabag a slattern, drabach slovenly. Cf. Draff.]

1. A low, sluttish woman. King.

2. A lewd wench; a strumpet. Shak.

3. A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.

Drab, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drabbing.]

Definition: To associate with strumpets; to wench. Beau. & Fl.

Drab, n. Etym: [F. drap cloth: LL. drappus, trapus, perh. orig., a firm, solid stuff, cf. F. draper to drape, also to full cloth; prob. of German origin; cf. Icel. drepa to beat, strike, AS. drepan, G. treffen; perh. akin to E. drub. Cf. Drape, Trappings.]

1. A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.

2. A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.

Drab, a.

Definition: Of a color between gray and brown.

– n.

Definition: A drab color.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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