单词 | dourly |
释义 | dourlyadv. 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). < adv.a1500 |
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