- dowly
- ICleveland Dialect Listof persons: heavy with sorrow or anxiety; of things: lonely, melancholy; of weather: dull, gloomy: 'he's as dowly as deeath'IINorth Country (Newcastle) Wordslonely, dismal, melancholy, sorrowful, doleful: "A dowly place", "A dowly lot"
English dialects glossary. 2013.