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sullenly

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sul·len  (sln)
adj. sul·len·er, sul·len·est
1. Showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment; morose or sulky.
2. Gloomy or somber in tone, color, or portent: sullen, gray skies.
3. Sluggish; slow: the sullen current of a canal.

[Middle English solein, from Anglo-Norman solein, alone, from sol, single, from Latin slus, by oneself alone; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

sullen·ly adv.
sullen·ness n.
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Adv.1.sullenly - in a sullen manner; "he sat in his chair dourly"
Translations
sullenly [ˈsʌlənlɪ] ADVhoscamente
they stared sullenly at himle miraron hoscamente, con fijeza
the sullenly resentful expression on her facela expresión huraña y de resentimiento de su rostro
sullenly [ˈsʌlənli] adv [say] → d'un ton maussade
sullenly
sullenly [ˈsʌlənlɪ] advin modo indisponente


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They threatened him with bludgeon and knife until at last he acquiesced in their demands, though sullenly, and then Tarzan stepped close before Cadj.
Hunt had suggested, in their present extremity, that it should be killed for food; to which the half-breed flatly refused his assent, and cudgeling the miserable animal forward, pushed on sullenly, with the air of a man doggedly determined to quarrel for his right.
The hall porter sullenly pulled a bell that rang upstairs, and turned away.
 
 
 
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