单词 | sulkily |
释义 | sulkilyadv. In a sulky manner; with silent or moody ill-humour. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adverb] distemperatelya1398 thraftlya1578 darkly1597 moodily1611 mustily1620 distemperedlya1639 sullenly1650 morosely1654 sullen1718 grumly1727 ill-humouredly1795 sulkily1796 sumphishly1850 biliously1865 glumpily1865 farouchely1931 frumpily1934 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adverb] > morosely or sulkily morosely1654 sulkily1796 farouchely1931 1796 G. Colman Iron Chest Pref. p. ii Here is a scowling, sullen, black Bull..he stands sulkily before me. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 560 Anne, who, when in good humour, was meekly stupid, and, when in bad humour, was sulkily stupid. 1865 F. Marryat Love's Conflict I. xviii. 317 Agnes took the sulkily-granted leave joyfully. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §9. 560 The stricter Covenanters retired sulkily from the Royal army. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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