snarlingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

snarling +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

snarlingly (comparative more snarlingly, superlative most snarlingly)

  1. In a snarling manner; with a snarl.
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 263:
      When Mina went in again, Woona was still squatted among the ashes; she was silent as Mina entered, but her black eyes rolled defiantly and her lower lip fell snarlingly.