Origin
sullen + -ly
sullenly
adverb
Sullenly is defined as something done in a grumpy or sulky manner.
When you are asked to cook dinner and you don't want to and you do it anyway, sulking the entire time, this is an example of a time when you sullenly cook dinner.
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Sentence Examples
- She sullenly glanced back at the group of men.
- He peered sullenly from under the brim of his hat.
- The hall porter sullenly pulled a bell that rang upstairs, and turned away.
- "I'm not looking for a man," Carmen answered sullenly as she examined the first doe for signs of impending birth.
- The husband came up and sullenly asked his wife what she was talking about.
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