drawled
Talked like molasses
Drawled is the past tense of drawl, meaning to speak slowly with prolonged vowel sounds.
The word suggests a lazy, relaxed manner of speaking, often associated with certain regional accents: She drawled her words like a true Southerner.
"Well, I suppose so," he drawled.
Stretched beyond usual dimensions
- slurredIndistinctly articulated
- lazyAvoiding effort or exertion
- liltingPleasantly wavering in pitch
- languidWeak and without vigor
unhurried · measured · stretched · leisurely · relaxed · soft-spoken · murmured · mumbled
Toward the sunbelt
- twangSharp vibrating sound
- nasalOf the nose
- countrySovereign state or territory
- ruralOf the countryside
dialect · vernacular · inflection · intonation · cadence · pronunciation · Texan · Georgian
Weak and without vigor
- lazyAvoiding effort or exertion
- boredLacking interest or engagement
- sardonicGrimly mocking
- sarcasticMockingly insincere in tone
nonchalant · dismissive · amused · mocking · ironic · wry · contemptuous · indifferent
elongated
Stretched beyond usual dimensions
languid · unhurried · measured · stretched · leisurely · relaxed · soft-spoken · murmured · mumbled · intoned
southern
Toward the sunbelt
rural · dialect · vernacular · inflection · intonation · cadence · pronunciation · Texan · Georgian · bayou
languid
Weak and without vigor
sarcastic · nonchalant · dismissive · amused · mocking · ironic · wry · contemptuous · indifferent · weary
said
Verbally expressed, past tense
stated · commented · added · noted · responded · declared · muttered · quipped · observed · continued
drawledenunciated
Spoke with clear pronunciation
articulated · clipped · pronounced · declaimed · intoned
- southern drawlLeisurely stretched regional accent
- Texas drawlSouthwestern American accent
- Texan drawlElongated Southwestern American speech