Hypertext Webster Gateway: "drawling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drawl \Drawl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drawled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Drawling}.] [Prob. fr. draw: cf. D. dralen to linger, tarry,
Icel. dralla to loiter. See {Draw}, and cf. {Draggle}.]
To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drawling \Drawl"ing\, n.
The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl. -- {Drawl"ing*ly},
adv. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
drawling
adj : (used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels [syn:
{drawn-out}]
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