[ˈdrɪəri], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive
(e.g: the dreary round of working, eating, and trying to sleep)


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Origin:
Old English drēorig ‘gory, cruel’, also ‘melancholy’, from drēor ‘gore’, of Germanic origin; related to German traurig ‘sorrowful’, also to drowsy, and probably to drizzle