drabby

English

Etymology

From drab +‎ -y.

Adjective

drabby (comparative drabbier, superlative drabbiest)

1. pale, lacking color.
   • 1889, Allan O. Hume, The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1‎^[1]:

     The ground-colour is a pale drabby stone-colour, and all about the large end is a broad dense zone of dull brownish purple.

   • 1921, William Patterson White, The Heart of the Range‎^[2]:

     Oh, there was no warmth in the sunlight, and the sky was a drabby gray, and he was filled with bitterness unutterable. "