dourly

dour  (dr, dour)

adj. dour·er, dour·est

1. Marked by sternness or harshness; forbidding: a dour, self-sacrificing life.

2. Silently ill-humored; gloomy: the proverbially dour New England Puritan.

3. Sternly obstinate; unyielding: a dour determination.

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[Middle English, possibly from Middle Irish dúr, probably from Latin drus, hard; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

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dourly adv.

dourness n.

Usage Note: The word dour, which is etymologically related to duress and endure, traditionally rhymes with tour. The variant pronunciation that rhymes with sour is, however, widely used and must be considered acceptable. In a recent survey, 65 percent of the Usage Panel preferred the traditional pronunciation, and 33 percent preferred the variant.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

dourly - in a sullen manner; "he sat in his chair dourly" glumly, sullenly

Translations

dourly

adv → verdrießlich; (= stubbornly) → hartnäckig