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How to spell dull
What it means: Lacking brightness or interest.
In a sentence: The gray sky looks dull today.
The part people get wrong
Watch for double l. Often misspelled as dul or dule.
Same family: duller, dullest, dully, dullness, dim. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Dull” comes from Old English “dola,” meaning foolish or stupid, and over time its meaning expanded to include “not bright” or “not sharp,” including the idea of dark, gray, or overcast weather.
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