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单词 dourly
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dourlyadv.

Brit. /ˈdʊəli/, /ˈdaʊəli/, U.S. /ˈdʊ(ə)rli/, /ˈdaʊ(ə)rli/, Scottish English /ˈdurlɪ/
Forms: see dour adj. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dour adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < dour adj. + -ly suffix2.Compare Anglo-Norman dourement, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French durement (10th cent. in Old French as durament).
Originally Scottish.
1. In a severe or stern manner; obstinately, doggedly, staunchly; with hardy robustness.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > strictness > [adverb] > severely or sternly
sternlyc897
stitha1000
sterna1175
foulc1275
stithlya1300
steevely1340
austerely?a1400
smartlya1400
unsternlya1400
sore1484
shrewdly1490
dourlya1500
severely1548
roundly1567
severe1599
fiercely1611
piquantly1691
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adverb]
sternlyc897
sharplyc900
stitha1000
hardlyOE
starklyOE
sterna1175
stithlya1300
hardilyc1300
ruggedlya1382
austerely?a1400
smartlya1400
unsternlya1400
acerbly?a1425
brussly1481
sore1484
shrewdly1490
dourlya1500
severely1548
roundly1567
severe1599
strictly1602
fiercely1611
Draconically1641
rugged1661
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) iv. l. 1074 His stewart..tyt hym dourly be þe throte.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 918 To ding thame doun dourly that euer war in my way.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 281 And fercely had fochtne thame, and dourlie dantount.
1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 57 We are sae dowrly wraught.
1826 J. Wilson et al. Noctes Ambrosianae xxvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 746 The mair dourly you set yoursell to listen to a no verra bricht discoorse,..the mair certain-sure you are o' fa'in' ower into a deep lang sleep.
1869 Examiner 8 May 293/3 I can keep awa' frae ye—aye, as dourly as ye would keep awa' frae me.
1909 Caledonian Sept. 202/1 Through it all the folk of the brave town..stuck dourly to their huts by the Dee and German Ocean, and fished and trafficked under every adverse condition.
1961 L. Hanson & E. Hanson Golden Decade iii. iii. 224 He worked dourly, determinedly.
2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 May 3/2 Shostakovich dourly defended the official position at a Peace Conference in New York.
2. In a humourless, sullen, or disagreeable manner; pessimistically; drearily.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb]
stoutly1303
a-strut1330
sturdilyc1374
obstinately1395
throa1400
pertinacelyc1425
stubbornlyc1430
pertinatelyc1475
stiffneckedlya1555
peremptorilya1575
pertinaciouslya1614
tenaciouslya1667
mulishly1795
stupidly1866
dourly1871
bloody-mindedly1962
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adverb]
crabbedlya1420
cursedly1430
currishly1519
thrawnlya1522
crustily1578
scurvily1608
shrewishlya1616
doggedly?c1663
ungenially1858
crankily1864
ill-naturedly1865
cantankerously1868
dourly1871
grumpily1882
1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold I. iv. 66 ‘Give me those letters, father,’ she said dourly.
1930 N. B. Mavity Tule Marsh Murder xxxvii. 168 Peter glared dourly at his fellow human beings as he fought his way through the crowd.
1970 B. Marinacci O Wondrous Singer ix. 257 The Scottish philosopher had dourly predicted that democracy would destroy civilization.
2013 Sunday Herald (Nexis) 9 June (HS Mag.) 45 Tourists don't stray much into streets such as Blackfriars because they look so dourly Presbyterian.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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