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moodily

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Moo·dy  (md), Dwight Lyman 1837-1899.
American evangelist who toured major American and British cities and founded several educational institutions.

Moody, Helen Wills
See Helen Newington Wills.

mood·y  (md)
adj. mood·i·er, mood·i·est
1. Given to frequent changes of mood; temperamental.
2. Subject to periods of depression; sulky.
3. Expressive of a mood, especially a sullen or gloomy mood: a moody silence.

moodi·ly adv.
moodi·ness n.
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Adv.1.moodily - in a moody manner; "in the bar, a youngish, sharp-eyed man was staring moodily into a gin and tonic"
Translations
moodily [ˈmuːdɪlɪ] ADVmalhumoradamente
moodily [ˈmuːdɪli] advavec morosité
mood swing nsaute f d'humeur
moodily
advlaunisch, launenhaft; (= in a bad mood)schlecht gelaunt, übellaunig
moodily [ˈmuːdɪlɪ] adv (reply) → sgarbatamente; (stare) → con aria imbronciata
moodily [ˈmuːdɪlɪ] adv (reply) → sgarbatamente; (stare) → con aria imbronciata


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And not only this, but to that ever-contracting, dropping circle ashore, who, for any reason, possessed the privilege of a less banned approach to him; to that timid circle the above hinted casualty --remaining, as it did, moodily unaccounted for by Ahab --invested itself with terrors, not entirely underived from the land of spirits and of wails.
Tess had moodily decided that either of these maidens would make a good farmer's wife, and that she ought to recommend them, and obscure her own wretched charms.
Da Souza, who opened the door for them, returned to his seat, moodily flicking the crumbs from his trousers with his serviette.
 
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