dullardly

dullardly

English

Etymology

From dullard +‎ -ly.

Adjective

dullardly (comparative more dullardly, superlative most dullardly)

1. Dull, stupid.
   • 2000, Brian McGrory, The Incumbent, p. 389:

     When I called, some dullardly gentleman picked up the telephone, announced the name of his fine establishment, the Pigpen, then yelled to someone nearby […].

   • 2014, Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl, Ebury 2015, p. 260:

     I believe pop music is too important to be left to the leaden, dullardly and unambitious.

   • 2016, Steven Erikson, Fall of Light:

     Then I shall say it so: in the years since their lucid moments of appreciation, they have let themselves descend into dullardly obtuseness, into vapid venality.