dourly

adv

dourly

adv

Etymology From dour + -ly.

1

In a dour manner.

  • The housekeeper looked up over the top of her reading glasses a trifle dourly.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:

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