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Definition of Dourly
1. Adverb. In a sullen manner. "He sat in his chair dourly"
Definition of Dourly
1. Adverb. In a dour manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dourly
1. in a dour manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dourly
Literary usage of Dourly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"The thrid dob eik so dourly drink,— Quail in his warne no ... Leg. dourly,
according to edit. 1508. ..."
2. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun Printed on Parallel Pages from by Andrew, François Joseph Amours, John Thomas Tosbach Brown, George Neilson (1904)
"... he had to ga to mete, His Stewart made on hym a schot And tyt hym dourly be
be throte, ... 1074. dourly] rudely L. 1071-2. om. L. VOL. HI. ..."
3. Scot. Text S. by Scottish Text Society (1904)
"... he had to ga to mete, His stewart made on hym a schot And tyt hym dourly be
J>e throte, ... 1074. dourly] rudely L. 1071.2. om. ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are ...by John Jamieson by John Jamieson (1818)
"Inflexible, obstinate, S. Douglas. 5. Stern ; a dour look, S. Wallace. 6. Severe ;
applied to the weather, S. Burns- I .at. dur-us ¡ CB dear, audax. dourly ..."
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