Dow"dy (?), a. [Compar. Dowdier (?); superl. Dowdiest.] [Scot. dawdie slovenly, daw, da sluggard, drab, Prov. E. dowd flat, dead.]
Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking.
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Dow"di*ly (#), adv. --
Dow"di*ness, n.
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Dow"dy, n.; pl. Dowdies ().
An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman.
Shak. Dryden.
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