In a dour manner; in a way that is gloomy, stern, or unfriendly.
Adverbial form of dour, created by adding the -ly suffix which converts adjectives to adverbs describing how an action is performed.
A character described as speaking 'dourly' became a staple of mystery novels—the suspicious detective who delivers bad news with cold certainty.
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