Usually means: Speaking slowly with prolonged vowels.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word drawling:

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  1. drawling: Merriam-Webster
  2. drawling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. drawling: Vocabulary.com
  4. drawling: Wordnik
  5. drawling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. drawling: Wiktionary
  7. Drawling, drawling: Dictionary.com
  8. Drawling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. drawling: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Drawling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. drawling: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. drawling: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Drawling: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. drawling: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (drawling)

▸ noun:  The act of speaking with a drawl.

Similar:
slow, drawn-out, drawth, deepdraw, Southern drawl, doling, dripping, draws, downdrift, drow, more...

Opposite:
enunciate, articulate, pronounce, speak clearly

Adjectives:
little, indolent, eternal, same, affected, queer, casual, childish, long, usual, nasal

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Similar:
slow, drawn-out, drawth, deepdraw, Southern drawl, doling, dripping, draws, downdrift, drow, more...

Opposite:
enunciate, articulate, pronounce, speak clearly

Adjectives:
little, indolent, eternal, same, affected, queer, casual, childish, long, usual, nasal



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