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   dowdy

   /ˈdaʊdi/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or their clothes) unfashionable and unstylish in appearance (typically used of a woman): "she could achieve the kind of casual chic which made every other woman around her look dowdy"

   Word Origin late 16th century (as a noun): from dowd.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dowdily adverb
   • 2. dowdiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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