Depressingly dull or repetitive (5)

I believe the answer is:

drear

(Other definitions for drear that I've seen before include "miserable" , "Depressingly dull" , "Morose" , "Dismal, dull" , "Dismal (literary)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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