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drawlingly
Variant of drawl
drawl
definition
drawl (drôl)
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to speak slowly, prolonging the vowels
Etymology: prob. freq. of draw
noun
a slow manner of speech characterized by prolongation of vowels
Related Forms:
- drawler drawl′er noun
- drawlingly drawl′·ingly adverb
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