Usually means: Lacking brightness or visual interest.
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  1. drably: Merriam-Webster
  2. drably: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. drably: Collins English Dictionary
  4. drably: Vocabulary.com
  5. drably: Wordnik
  6. drably: Wiktionary
  7. drably: Dictionary.com
  8. drably: Rhymezone
  9. drably: FreeDictionary.org
  10. drably: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. drably: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. drably: Encyclopedia

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▸ adverb:  In a drab manner.

Similar:
dullishly, drearily, dully, blandly, boringly, dourly, dismally, humdrumly, dryly, lacklusterly, more...

Opposite:
vibrantly, brightly, colorfully, vividly

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Similar:
dullishly, drearily, dully, blandly, boringly, dourly, dismally, humdrumly, dryly, lacklusterly, more...

Opposite:
vibrantly, brightly, colorfully, vividly



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