sullenly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English sullen

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 sullenly

From sullen + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌlənli/

Adverb

sullenly (comparative more sullenly, superlative most sullenly)

1. In a sullen manner.
   • 1919, Max Brand, Trailin'!‎^[1]:

     A grim meaning rose in the vacuous eye of Lovel; Isaacs caressed his diamond pin, smiling in a sickly fashion; McNamara's wandering stare fixed and grew unhumanly bright; Ufert openly dropped his hand on his gun-butt and stood sullenly defiant.

   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 160:

     Sullenly, jocularly, resentfully, or derisively, names and addresses were extorted from the company, and each member given a jerk of the head to get out of this.

   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972:

     Sullenly they paid what was asked, sullenly left, Hamzah feigning a kick at the glass showcase filled with loaves and Chinese cakes.

Translations

in a sullen manner

• Finnish: yrmeästi (fi)
• Hebrew: בזעף