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Definition of Sullenly
1. Adverb. In a sullen manner. "He sat in his chair dourly"
Definition of Sullenly
1. Adverb. In a sullen manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sullenly
1. sullen [adv] - See also: sullen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sullenly
Literary usage of Sullenly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"The persecution still went on fiercely and remorselessly, and the people sullenly
submitted to what seemed the inevitable. The one hope for a land that God ..."
2. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1884)
"He was borne to Chinon by the silvery waters of Vienne, and muttering, " Shame,
shame on a conquered king," passed sullenly away. Section IX. l hriil of the ..."
3. Memoir of William Francis Bartlett by Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1878)
"As it went slowly and sullenly down on those battered walls, it went vp like
magic on every hill-top and tower, on every steeple and staff throughout the ..."
4. The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical by Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Anna Letitia Aikin Barbauld (1820)
"... though obliged to receive whom he pleased, took care to guard inviolate the
independence of speech, sullenly persevering in refusing to say any thing, ..."
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