morosely

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English morose

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English morosely

From morose + -ly.

Adverb

morosely (comparative more morosely, superlative most morosely)

1. In a morose or sulky manner; gloomily.
   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 168:

     "Oh, dry up,' said Arnold morosely.

Anagrams

• yermosol