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Definition
very serious, unhappy, and unfriendly
- She talked only of the weather, the flowers, but there was a rising gaiety in her which stirred even the dour Cecil Twyford.Chapter 34 (86% in)
- True, the Terry who went off to the artillery did not look upon him dourly, but Major Rippleton Holabird became erect and stiff when they passed in the corridor.Chapter 27 (85% in)
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