单词 | resentfully |
释义 | resentfully (once / 7261 pages) adv Doing or saying something in a bitter, angry way, especially when you feel you've been treated unfairly, is to do it resentfully. If you get a bigger piece of cake than your brother does, he may glare resentfully in your direction. When you're resentful, you're indignant or spiteful — and to act this way is to behave resentfully. When you feel bullied into doing something, you'll do it resentfully. And, if you know your grandmother gave your sister a new laptop for her birthday, you might accept your gift — a magazine subscription — resentfully. This adverb comes from resent, "feel bitterness or indignation at." WORD FAMILYresentful: resentfully, unresentful+/resent: resented, resentful, resenting, resentment, resents/resentment: resentments/unresentful: unresentfully USAGE EXAMPLESRobert remains resentfully dutiful, but Jimmy is gone. Washington Post(Oct 16, 2016) As it turned out, my family hadn’t necessarily been having the excellent week I had been imagining so resentfully. Jordan Sonnenblick, Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie(2004) She kept glancing resentfully at Chiron, like she couldn’t believe he was making her do this. Rick Riordan, The Titan's Curse(2007) adv with resentment; in a resentful manner the best doctors would stay resentfully out of the national service, refusing to become the minions of a Minister |
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