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Dreary

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈdɹɪəɹi

Definitions

A dreary person or thing.

rare

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Examples

“In the glow of this project Steele manages to forget altogether the parade of donnish and scholastic drearies, the barricades of schoolbooks, texts, examinations with which he has dealt so faithfully.”
I'm taking it all down. The trivialities. The ramblings. The drearies. The trites.”

CEFR level

C2
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