grumly

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Adjective

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grumly (comparative grumlier, superlative grumliest)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) Turbid, troubled
    • 1804, Joanna Baillie, Constantine Paleologus, act 5:
      Nothing but clouds of smoke and eddying dust:
      A dun and grumly darkness spreads o'er all,
      From which arise those horrid sounds, but naught
      Distinctive of the fight can I discern.

Adverb

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grumly (comparative more grumly, superlative most grumly)

  1. In a grum manner.