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  • adverb In a dour manner.

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  • adverb in a sullen manner

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Examples

  • Walking in the midst of his friends, Snaff said dourly, “Oh, no.”

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • In 1909 Sigmund Freud dourly observed that while the telephone let distant people communicate, it also let them be distant.

    World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

  • Walking in the midst of his friends, Snaff said dourly, “Oh, no.”

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • That cheery assessment is what distinguishes "Masters of Management" from its predecessor, which was more dourly titled "The Witch Doctors" and was written by Mr. Wooldridge with his Economist colleague John Micklethwait in 1996.

    Reworking The Workplace Alan Murray 2011

  • In 1909 Sigmund Freud dourly observed that while the telephone let distant people communicate, it also let them be distant.

    World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

  • Walking in the midst of his friends, Snaff said dourly, “Oh, no.”

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Alarazi ran on dourly to win the feature race here, the Imperial Cup, and will earn a £75,000 bonus from the sponsors, Paddy Power, if he can win a race at next week's Festival.

    Ruby Walsh grabs a victory to prove readiness for Cheltenham Festival 2011

  • Fresh meat, she thought dourly with an imperceptible shake of her head.

    Kissed By Venus 2009

  • Walking in the midst of his friends, Snaff said dourly, “Oh, no.”

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Consider this: In his June 1908 baccalaureate address, Wilson dourly told the young Princeton men: I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be happy.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

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