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Definition of Scowlingly
1. adv. In a scowling manner.
Definition of Scowlingly
1. Adverb. With a scowl. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scowlingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scowlingly
Literary usage of Scowlingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (1913)
"Mr. Spragg, therefore, seeing Moffatt in his path, extended a lifeless hand while
he faced the young man scowlingly. Moffatt met the hand and the scowl with ..."
2. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1902)
"... passing with clanking dishes of various odours, and jostled by young men who
look scowlingly down upon your dinner as they pass with creaking boots. ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1884)
""There'll be time enough for the borders when I get back," he scowlingly replied.
" So don't fret, little school-ma'am." "That'swhat you alu ays say,' ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"... native of that part of Great Britain called scowlingly. aj. With a frowning
and Mil- Scotland. f.<z«u£x. len look. SCOT-FREE, a. ..."
5. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... passing with clanking dishes of various odours, and jostled by young men who
look scowlingly down upon your dinner as they pass with creaking boots. ..."
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