sullenly

C2 Topic:War & Conflict
US /ˈsʌlənli/
adv Freq #210166

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    In a sullen manner.

    A grim meaning rose in the vacuous eye of Lovel; Isaacs caressed his diamond pin, smiling in a sickly fashion; McNamara's wandering stare fixed and grew unhumanly bright; Ufert openly dropped his hand on his gun-butt and stood sullenly defiant.

  2. 2
    adv

    in a sullen manner

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adv · in a sullen manner dourly

Etymology

From sullen + -ly.

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