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How to pronounce “dreary”
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Pronunciation guide for dreary
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of dreary with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How we can design timeless cities for our collective future
and we have to connect them with these long, anonymous, dreary corridors.
- Definition summary
- Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
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How to pronounce dreary
How we can design timeless cities for our collective future

and we have to connect them with these long, anonymous, dreary corridors.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “dreary”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
- (obsolete) Grievous, dire; appalling.
- [Noun]
- (rare) A dreary person or thing.
Practice Nearby Words
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