Exclaim vs Drawl - What's the difference?
exclaim | drawl | Related terms |
(lb) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
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*:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are'' pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”
(obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor.
* 1635 , John Donne, "His parting form her":
To drag on slowly and heavily; while or dawdle away time indolently.
To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy mannner.
To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
* Landor
a way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some .
Exclaim is a related term of drawl.
As verbs the difference between exclaim and drawl
is that exclaim is (lb) to cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion while drawl is to drag on slowly and heavily; while or dawdle away time indolently.As nouns the difference between exclaim and drawl
is that exclaim is (obsolete) exclamation; outcry, clamor while drawl is a way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together characteristic of some.exclaim
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Alternative forms
* exclameVerb
(en verb)Synonyms
* See alsoNoun
(en noun)- Oh fortune, thou'rt not worth my least exclame [...].
drawl
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Verb
- Theologians and moralists talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it.
