'Dowdily' definitions:

Definition of 'dowdily'

From: WordNet
adverb
In a dowdy unfashionable manner; "she dresses dowdily" [syn: dowdily, frumpily, frumpishly]

Definition of 'Dowdily'

From: GCIDE
  • Dowdy \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. -- {Dow"di*ly}, adv. -- {Dow"di*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]