Drawl

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc. Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it. Landor.