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What is the adjective for drably?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb drab which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

drabbish
  1. Somewhat drab in colour.
  2. (archaic) Having the character of a drab or low wench.
drab
  1. Dull, uninteresting, particularly of colour.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. boring, tedious, uninteresting, dreary, dull, unexciting, uninspired, uninspiring, wearisome, bland, insipid, mundane, spiritless, stale, trite, vapid, feeble, lacklustre, lifeless, limp, monotonous, pedestrian, ponderous, sterile, tired, tiresome, unimaginative, vacuous, characterless, dry, humdrum, lame, non-stimulating, numbing, tame, wearying, zestless, antiseptic, arid, drudging, flat, heavy, jading, leaden, mediocre, slow, stodgy, stuffy, tiring, barren … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The game turned out to be a dispassionately drab affair, and the Neanderthals in the stands soon found other ways to amuse themselves.”
      “They were divided neatly into standard classroom units and given a monastically austere appearance with drab walls.”
      “Several shades of drab have been used for military uniforms, including the above-mentioned light-brown color.”
drabber
  1. comparative form of drab: more drab
  2. Synonyms:
      3. boringer, drearier, duller, blander, mundaner, staler, triter, feebler, limper, drier, lamer, tamer, arider, flatter, heavier, slower, stodgier, stuffier, barrener, older, stupider, wearier, bleaker, dowdier, plainer, more tedious, more uninteresting, more unexciting, more uninspired, more uninspiring, more wearisome, more insipid, more spiritless, more vapid, more lacklustre, more lifeless, more monotonous, more pedestrian, more ponderous, more sterile, more tired, more tiresome, more unimaginative, more vacuous, more characterless, more humdrum, more zestless, more antiseptic, more leaden, more mediocre … more
drabbest
  1. superlative form of drab: most drab
  2. Synonyms:
      3. boringest, dreariest, dullest, blandest, mundanest, stalest, tritest, feeblest, limpest, driest, lamest, tamest, aridest, flattest, heaviest, slowest, stodgiest, stuffiest, barrenest, oldest, stupidest, weariest, bleakest, dowdiest, plainest, most tedious, most uninteresting, most unexciting, most uninspired, most uninspiring, most wearisome, most insipid, most spiritless, most vapid, most lacklustre, most lifeless, most monotonous, most pedestrian, most ponderous, most sterile, most tired, most tiresome, most unimaginative, most vacuous, most characterless, most humdrum, most zestless, most antiseptic, most leaden, most mediocre … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “These streams of low-key glamour, as basic as paper chains and tinsel, convert the drabbest space into a winter wonderland.”
      “Combining documentation with the aestheticism of abstract colour, the work transfigures even the drabbest residential blocks.”
      “It is hard to convey a voice that can time the drabbest sentence and render it as pure gold.”
drabbed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of drab
drabbing
  1. present participle of drab
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