DULLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dully mean? 

• DULLY (adverb)
  The adverb DULLY has 2 senses:

1. without liveliness

2. without luster or shine

  Familiarity information: DULLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DULLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without liveliness

Context example:

she nodded her head dully

Pertainym:

dull (lacking in liveliness or animation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Without luster or shine

Context example:

unpolished buttons glinted dully

Pertainym:

dull (emitting or reflecting very little light)

 Context examples 

Dully and far off I heard the crack of a rifle and was feebly aware of the shock as I was dropped to the earth, where I lay without sense or motion.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He gloated over his victim, and his eyes flamed dully, as he swung the whip or club and listened to White Fang's cries of pain and to his helpless bellows and snarls.

(White Fang, by Jack London)