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DRAWLING
Noun
drawling (plural drawlings)
The act of speaking with a drawl.
Verb
drawling
present participle of drawl
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Drawl"ing, n.
Definition: The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl.
– Drawl"ing*ly, adv. Bacon.
DRAWL
Drawl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drawled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drawling.] Etym: [Prob. fr. draw: cf. D. dralen to linger, tarry, Icel. dralla to loiter. See Draw, and cf. Draggle.]
Definition: To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.
Drawl, v. i.
Definition: To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc. Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it. Landor.
Drawl, n.
Definition: A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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