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sullenly, adv.|ˈsʌlənlɪ|
[f. sullen a. + -ly2.]
In a sullen manner.
1. With gloomy or morose ill-humour.
1650Fuller Pisgah iii. xi. §15. 434 If any..sullenly say, with Judas Iscariot, To what purpose is this wast? 1668Dryden Secr. Love iii, While jealous pow'r does sullenly o're spy. 1784Cowper Task iii. 393 His book, Well chosen, and not sullenly perus'd In selfish silence, but imparted oft. 1841Dickens Barn. Rudge xvii, ‘Give me meat and drink’, he answered sullenly. 1879Spectator 13 Sept. 1148 That if the Viceroy were only sufficiently persistent, Afghans, like Turks, would sullenly give way.
2. With sombre or gloomy aspect; with a dull or dismal sound.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. x. (1912) 402 The colours for the grounde were so well chosen, neither sullenly darke, nor glaringly lightsome. 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho li, The wind..groaned sullenly among the lofty branches above. 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. I. 295 The volcanic fires..smoulder sullenly at the present day. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xiv. 93 The clouds..sailed sullenly from the west. 1898H. Newbolt He fell among Thieves iv, The ravine where the Yassîn river sullenly flows. |