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单词 sulkily
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sulkilyadv.

/ˈsʌlkɪli/
Etymology: < sulky adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a sulky manner; with silent or moody ill-humour.
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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.
figurative.1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV xxviii. 129 When..sulkily the river's ripple's flowing.1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 69 The eagle..hovered sulkily a while over the river.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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