| Even Ms Merkel's dowdiness has been swept away by a slick makeover. |
| Anxious to upgrade your e-meter to something that doesn't scream early noughties dowdiness? |
| The Bridgwater end is probably the least attractive, showing more than its fair share of the graffiti, discarded trash and general dowdiness of a run-down town. |
| There's a common misconception that being bookish implies a certain level of dowdiness, that it's impossible to care about literature as well as fashion. |
| In fact, there is an air of sniffy dowdiness to the little Kia. |
| The warm practical clothes of winter whose sole functions were to provide warmth and comfort are shed as their weight and dowdiness becomes unbearable. |
