frowninglyadv.
/ˈfraʊnɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈfraʊnɪŋli/ In a frowning manner.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adverb]
unfavourably1460
frowningly1556
unhappily1623
badly1660
disapprovingly1759
avertedly1867
pejoratively1890
old-fashioned1911
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [adverb] > frowningly or scowlingly
frowningly1556
scowlingly1755
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxvi. 22 Such flies as erst had frowninglie faste him: Louinglie they then, on him did smothlie smile.
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 270 With the eye of his soule he saw the Lord looke frowningly vpon him.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian III. v. 180 ‘You shall know me hereafter’, said the stranger, frowningly.
1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. ii. 21 Four rows of dark houses that frowningly faced one another.
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