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- adjective
superlative form ofdreary : mostdreary .
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Examples
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A few well-placed candles can transform even the dreariest spot.
Dr. Judith Rich: Braving The Storms of Change Dr. Judith Rich 2011
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A few well-placed candles can transform even the dreariest spot.
Dr. Judith Rich: Braving The Storms of Change Dr. Judith Rich 2011
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However, I picked the coldest, rainiest, dreariest summer in Ontario ever to indulge my ice-cream making whims!
Bad Timing, Good Ice Cream Sarah 2009
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'Inside Job' If Charles Ferguson's polemic documentary were merely depressing, it could take its place alongside the dreariest of downer dramas from Bulgaria or the former East Germany.
A Grownup Look at Lennon as a 'Boy' Joe Morgenstern 2010
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Gardening is my pleasure, but unfortunately November in Britain is the dreariest month of the year, with nothing whatsoever to recommend it, leaving me bored and frustrated indoors with only the seed catalogues for company.
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However, I picked the coldest, rainiest, dreariest summer in Ontario ever to indulge my ice-cream making whims!
Archive 2009-07-01 Sarah 2009
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DVD Focus TK zafg 'Inside Job' 2010 If Charles Ferguson's polemic documentary were merely depressing, it could take its place alongside the dreariest of downer dramas from Bulgaria or the former East Germany.
'Margin Call': Thrills, Chills of Financial Ills Joe Morgenstern 2011
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Yet Tunisia had also been one of the Arab world's dreariest police states.
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Thursday qualifies as our dreariest day of the week with clouds and showers (60% likelihood) as low pressure moves north over the area.
Forecast: More sweater weather Matt Rogers 2010
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In school, they were force-fed textbooks, surely some of the dreariest, most uninspiring prose ever written.
Dear Book Lover Cynthia Crossen 2010
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