--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 58 description: The 1197 words of the English dictionary under D, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/58/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / D # D — The English dictionary · page 58 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Drumming is playing a drum or drums.[↗](../../drumming/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Drumming is a repeated beating or tapping sound, like rain on a roof or fingers on a table.[↗](../../drumming/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) Drumming is the music or skill of playing drums.[↗](../../drumming/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is learning drumming at school.[↗](../../drumming/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The drumming of the rain kept me awake.[↗](../../drumming/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was drumming his fingers on the desk.[↗](../../drumming/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Taiko drumming comes from Japan.[↗](../../drumming/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The woodpecker was drumming on the tree.[↗](../../drumming/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard drumming from the parade.[↗](../../drumming/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They are drumming up support for the school fair.[↗](../../drumming/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **drumstick** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A drumstick is a stick used to hit a drum.[↗](../../drumstick/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A drumstick is the lower part of the leg of a chicken or turkey, cooked and eaten.[↗](../../drumstick/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In some places, drumstick is a long green vegetable, the pod of the moringa tree.[↗](../../drumstick/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He hit the drum with his drumsticks.[↗](../../drumstick/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The drummer twirled a drumstick in the air.[↗](../../drumstick/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had chicken drumsticks for dinner.[↗](../../drumstick/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A drumstick is the leg of the chicken.[↗](../../drumstick/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep a steady beat with your drumsticks.[↗](../../drumstick/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Eat the drumstick with your fingers.[↗](../../drumstick/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Each drummer needs 2 drumsticks, so 5 drummers need 10.[↗](../../drumstick/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The drumsticks stiffened in Walter’s hands, and he thought now they are coming...\![↗](../../drumstick/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **drunk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Drunk is the past participle of «drink»: «I have drunk my milk».[↗](../../drunk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Drunk describes a person who has had too much alcohol and cannot think, speak or move properly.[↗](../../drunk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have drunk all my juice.[↗](../../drunk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Has the cat drunk its milk?[↗](../../drunk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had drunk the whole bottle of water by lunch.[↗](../../drunk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The man was drunk and fell over.[↗](../../drunk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Drunk driving is very dangerous and against the law.[↗](../../drunk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Alcohol can make people drunk.[↗](../../drunk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sometimes even greater people than the peasants get drunk.[↗](../../drunk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.[↗](../../drunk/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.29.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunk/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean; and all drink in every such vessel that may be drunk shall be unclean.[↗](../../drunk/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunk/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I will make Mine arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh; with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired heads of the enemy.'[↗](../../drunk/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.42, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunk/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price.[↗](../../drunk/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.5.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunk/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.[↗](../../drunk/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.20.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunk/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.[↗](../../drunk/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.37.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunk/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **drunkard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A drunkard is a person who drinks too much alcohol again and again, so that they are often drunk.[↗](../../drunkard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The drunkard staggered home late at night.[↗](../../drunkard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't become a drunkard, I beg you.[↗](../../drunkard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old drunkard lost his farm and his family.[↗](../../drunkard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · and they shall say unto the elders of his city: 'This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he doth not hearken to our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.'[↗](../../drunkard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.21.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunkard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot; (Prophets ISA.28.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunkard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They that sit in the gate talk of me; and I am the song of the drunkards.[↗](../../drunkard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.69.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunkard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.[↗](../../drunkard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunkard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **drunken** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Drunk, or often drunk: affected by too much alcohol.[↗](../../drunken/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Caused by or happening when people are drunk, like drunken shouting.[↗](../../drunken/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (in names of things) Swaying or crooked as if drunk, as in «a drunken sailor».[↗](../../drunken/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Drunken is an old-fashioned past form of «drink», as in «they had drunken their fill», meaning they had drunk all they wanted.[↗](../../drunken/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Drunken shouting woke us up in the night.[↗](../../drunken/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The police stopped the drunken driver.[↗](../../drunken/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors sang about a drunken sailor.[↗](../../drunken/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The story had a drunken pirate who fell asleep on the deck.[↗](../../drunken/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Drunken behaviour at football matches is not allowed.[↗](../../drunken/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old fence leaned at a drunken angle.[↗](../../drunken/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But at last one day Isidore drank so much brandy that he fell into a drunken sleep.[↗](../../drunken/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.[↗](../../drunken/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.9.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunken/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine; (Prophets ISA.51.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunken/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Eli said unto her: 'How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.'[↗](../../drunken/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.1.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunken/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.[↗](../../drunken/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.12.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunken/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **drunkenness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Drunkenness is the state of being drunk, when a person has had too much alcohol and cannot think or walk properly.[↗](../../drunkenness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His drunkenness made him lose his job.[↗](../../drunkenness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The story warns about the sorrows of drunkenness.[↗](../../drunkenness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Drunkenness can turn a happy home into a sad one.[↗](../../drunkenness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and appalment, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.[↗](../../drunkenness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.23.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunkenness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a free man, and thy princes eat in due season, in strength, and not in drunkenness\![↗](../../drunkenness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.10.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drunkenness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **dry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not wet; with no water.[↗](../../dry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "dry clothes".[↗](../../dry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* With little or no rain.[↗](../../dry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a dry summer".[↗](../../dry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Thirsty.[↗](../../dry/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "My mouth is dry."[↗](../../dry/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Boring.[↗](../../dry/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a dry book".[↗](../../dry/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Funny in a quiet, serious way.[↗](../../dry/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "dry humour".[↗](../../dry/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* As a verb, to make or become dry.[↗](../../dry/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dry your hands on the towel.[↗](../../dry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The desert is hot and dry.[↗](../../dry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The washing dried in the sun.[↗](../../dry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My throat is dry; I need water.[↗](../../dry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The river dried up in summer.[↗](../../dry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dry grass burns easily.[↗](../../dry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your feet dry in winter.[↗](../../dry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We were happy to reach dry land.[↗](../../dry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · My throat is dry and burning.[↗](../../dry/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.[↗](../../dry/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.8.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dry/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, whatsoever was in the dry land, died.[↗](../../dry/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.7.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dry/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And every meal-offering, mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another.[↗](../../dry/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.7.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dry/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble?[↗](../../dry/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dry/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.[↗](../../dry/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.18.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dry/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the dry land.[↗](../../dry/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.126.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dry/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **dryad** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dryad is a spirit that lives inside a tree and is said to die when its tree is cut down.[↗](../../dryad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dryad lived in the old oak tree.[↗](../../dryad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When the axe struck, the dryad sighed.[↗](../../dryad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dryad prayed that the tree would be saved.[↗](../../dryad/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **dryer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dryer is a machine that dries things, especially a tumble dryer that dries clothes.[↗](../../dryer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hair dryer blows hot air to dry hair.[↗](../../dryer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Drier (or dryer) is also the comparative of dry: «more dry».[↗](../../dryer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put the wet clothes in the dryer.[↗](../../dryer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My jumper shrank in the dryer.[↗](../../dryer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never use a hair dryer near the bath.[↗](../../dryer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The hand dryer in the toilets is loud.[↗](../../dryer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Clean the fluff out of the dryer.[↗](../../dryer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The towels are warm from the dryer.[↗](../../dryer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Today is drier than yesterday.[↗](../../dryer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't ever climb into a dryer.[↗](../../dryer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **dryly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dryly means in a plain, calm way that hides a joke or a little scorn, showing little feeling.[↗](../../dryly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Thank you," said the king dryly.[↗](../../dryly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Well, that is one way to do it," she said dryly.[↗](../../dryly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He answered dryly, as if he had heard the joke before.[↗](../../dryly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **dryness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dryness is being dry, having little or no water or wetness.[↗](../../dryness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Dryness of skin, eyes or mouth is when they feel dry and uncomfortable.[↗](../../dryness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Dryness of humour is a quiet, serious-faced way of being funny.[↗](../../dryness/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dryness of the desert means few plants can grow.[↗](../../dryness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dryness of the soil showed we needed to water the beans.[↗](../../dryness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lip balm helps with dryness in winter.[↗](../../dryness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dryness of the air made my eyes itch.[↗](../../dryness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cacti survive dryness by storing water.[↗](../../dryness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I liked the dryness of his jokes.[↗](../../dryness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His very sorrow and melancholy did but increase the comic dryness of his sharply-cut features, and increased the laughter of the audience, who showered plaudits on their favourite.[↗](../../dryness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **duad** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* the number two, or a group of two.[↗](../../duad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* But the duad is air, the triad is (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../duad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Triad, composed of llie Monad and Duad, partakes of the nature of both.[↗](../../duad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../duad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **dual** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having two parts, uses or sides; double.[↗](../../dual/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* dual nationality / dual citizenship: being a citizen of two countries at the same time.[↗](../../dual/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) In some topics, dual means a matching partner shape or idea (for example, a cube and an octahedron are duals).[↗](../../dual/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My cousin has dual citizenship: Irish and Australian.[↗](../../dual/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This book is dual-language, English on one page and French on the other.[↗](../../dual/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Driving schools use cars with dual controls.[↗](../../dual/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The road becomes a dual carriageway after the roundabout.[↗](../../dual/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This tool has a dual purpose: a torch and a whistle.[↗](../../dual/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The game has a dual-screen mode.[↗](../../dual/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is the Consummation of the Truth of indivi- dual spiritual things.[↗](../../dual/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../dual/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dualism** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* the belief that the world is made of two opposite forces or parts.[↗](../../dualism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The "one" in the Pythagorean dualism is the Symbol, I. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../dualism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A solution to this question will be found in the Pythagorean dualism.[↗](../../dualism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../dualism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Philosophy and religion of Dualism apparentl)' arose from an interpretation of the symbols one, 1 and zero, 0.[↗](../../dualism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../dualism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **duality** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* the state of being two, or having two parts.[↗](../../duality/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* S3, 140, 148) made it clear that the Pythagorean infinity which is identical with infinite duality is not a number at all.[↗](../../duality/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../duality/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Contrary to the prevailing opinion, I believe that the Pythag- oreans regarded the Zero, 0, as the second element which was called the infinite, indeterminate duality, infinite binary, etc. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../duality/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Pythagoreans could not have meant by infinite duality the number two, as many writers believe, for as the one is finite, so the number two and every other number must also be finite.[↗](../../duality/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../duality/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **dub** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To dub a film or TV show means to replace the voices with voices in another language, or to add sounds to it.[↗](../../dub/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To dub someone means to give them a nickname or a name: «They dubbed him the Wizard».[↗](../../dub/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) To dub a knight means to make someone a knight by touching his shoulders with a sword.[↗](../../dub/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (music) Dub is a kind of reggae music from Jamaica with lots of echo and bass.[↗](../../dub/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Dub can also be a word that copies the sound of a drum beating.[↗](../../dub/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The film was dubbed into French.[↗](../../dub/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Newspapers dubbed her «the Queen of the Court».[↗](../../dub/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The king dubbed him Sir Lancelot.[↗](../../dub/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you prefer anime dubbed or with subtitles?[↗](../../dub/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The actor dubbed the voice of the lion.[↗](../../dub/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The class dubbed our hamster «Mr Fluff».[↗](../../dub/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dub music has a deep, booming bass.[↗](../../dub/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Fool!" thought the Fire-drum; but it only said, "Dub, dub, dub, rub-a-dub!"[↗](../../dub/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **dubbing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dubbing is replacing the spoken words of a film or show with words in another language, said by new voice actors.[↗](../../dubbing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Dubbing is giving someone or something a nickname.[↗](../../dubbing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) Dubbing is the ceremony of making someone a knight.[↗](../../dubbing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (old) Dubbing (also «dubbin») is a grease for making leather boots soft and waterproof.[↗](../../dubbing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dubbing in this cartoon is really good.[↗](../../dubbing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dubbing actors must match the mouth movements.[↗](../../dubbing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My dad hates dubbing and prefers subtitles.[↗](../../dubbing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They are dubbing the film into Spanish.[↗](../../dubbing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dubbing of a knight was a special ceremony.[↗](../../dubbing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fans were dubbing him «the Flash».[↗](../../dubbing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Rub some dubbing on your football boots to keep them soft.[↗](../../dubbing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dubiously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a doubtful way, showing you are not sure something is true, good or safe.[↗](../../dubiously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a way that is not quite honest or that people suspect.[↗](../../dubiously/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mia looked dubiously at the green soup.[↗](../../dubiously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Are you sure this is the right way?» asked Dad dubiously.[↗](../../dubiously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat sniffed the new food dubiously and walked away.[↗](../../dubiously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rat eyed Toad's shiny new cart dubiously.[↗](../../dubiously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Alice looked dubiously at the bottle marked «DRINK ME».[↗](../../dubiously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was dubiously quiet when Mum asked who had eaten the cake.[↗](../../dubiously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher dubiously accepted the excuse about the dog eating the homework.[↗](../../dubiously/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Well, no," replied the little boy, dubiously.[↗](../../dubiously/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/57/) **58** [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/59/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/57/) - next →: [page 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/59/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)