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Morosely

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mo·rose  (m-rs, mô-)
adj.
Sullenly melancholy; gloomy.

[Latin mrsus, peevish, from ms, mr-, self-will, caprice, manner; see m-1 in Indo-European roots.]

mo·rosely adv.
mo·roseness n.
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Adv.1.morosely - in a morose manner; "he fell morosely on the bed"


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And holding my nose, I went morosely through all yesterdays and to-days: verily, badly smell all yesterdays and to-days of the scribbling rabble!
Lazarev glanced morosely at the little man with white hands who was doing something to him and, still standing motionless presenting arms, looked again straight into Alexander's eyes, as if asking whether he should stand there, or go away, or do something else.
The talk continued on the same subject for a long time--the harmfulness of a household dividing up--and it was clearly not an abstract discussion but concerned the question of a separation in that house; a separation demanded by the second son who sat there morosely silent.
 
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