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sulkily, adv.|ˈsʌlkɪlɪ|
[f. sulky a. + -ly2.]
In a sulky manner; with silent or moody ill-humour.
1796Colman Iron Chest Pref. p. ii, Here is a scowling, sullen, black Bull,..he stands sulkily before. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xv. III. 560 Anne, who, when in good humour, was meekly stupid, and, when in bad humour, was sulkily stupid. 1865Flo. Marryat Love's Confl. I. xviii. 317 Agnes took the sulkily-granted leave joyfully. 1874Green Short Hist. viii. §9 (1882) 560 The stricter Covenanters retired sulkily from the Royal army.
fig.1823Byron Juan xiv. xxviii, When..sulkily the river's ripple's flowing. 1839Kemble Resid. in Georgia (1863) 69 The eagle..hovered sulkily a while over the river. |