单词 | morosely |
释义 | moroselyadv. In a morose manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adverb] distemperatelya1398 thraftlya1578 darkly1597 moodily1611 mustily1620 distemperedlya1639 sullenly1650 morosely1654 sullen1718 grumly1727 ill-humouredly1795 sulkily1796 sumphishly1850 biliously1865 glumpily1865 farouchely1931 frumpily1934 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adverb] > morosely or sulkily morosely1654 sulkily1796 farouchely1931 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 253 Such whole Heads are filled with those Principles of Prejudice..which are either falsly receptive, or morosely exclusive. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 74. ⁋6 Their singularities therefore are only blameable, when they have imprudently or morosely withdrawn themselves from the world. 1838 W. E. Gladstone Diary 13 June in J. Morley Life Gladstone (1903) I. ii. iii. 150 Morosely withdrawing himself from the range of human sympathies. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule x. 164 Morosely objecting to pretty nearly everything Lavender said. 1923 National Geographic Mag. Jan. 47/2 Then the Sardinian cart takes in tow its dejected and humiliated enemy and the passengers gaze morosely at the scenery. 1988 D. Profumo Sea Music (1989) vii. 62 ‘You may laugh,’ said the other man, morosely. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1654 |
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