Found 2 items, similar to Dowdily.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dowdily dowdily adv : in a dowdy unfashionable manner; “she dresses dowdily” [syn: frumpily, frumpishly]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dowdily Dowdy \Dow"dy\, a. [Compar. Dowdier; superl. Dowdiest.] [Scot. dawdie slovenly, daw, da sluggard, drab, Prov. E. dowd flat, dead.] Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking. -- Dow"di*ly, adv. -- Dow"di*ness, n. [1913 Webster]