Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a discontented manner or mood.
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- adverb In a
discontented manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with discontent; in a discontented manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Puck lay down again discontentedly, put his nose on his paws, and feigned slumber, one restless eyelid betraying the hollowness of the pretence.
Mates at Billabong 1911
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Arrived at the bottom of the staircase he stood there, blocking up the way, and began to call discontentedly for the steward to show him his cabin, which that official hastened to do.
The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific Harry Collingwood 1886
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Between his last conscious moment and the early hour when he would rise, she would gently untangle herself from his embrace, dress, and slip away, leaving him to awake to the sensations of hangover and disappointment and stir discontentedly in his empty bed as he recollected spent pleasures.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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They mutter discontentedly as they progress, doubtful of his ability to read the signs that to him, though subtle, are everywhere.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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Between his last conscious moment and the early hour when he would rise, she would gently untangle herself from his embrace, dress, and slip away, leaving him to awake to the sensations of hangover and disappointment and stir discontentedly in his empty bed as he recollected spent pleasures.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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Between his last conscious moment and the early hour when he would rise, she would gently untangle herself from his embrace, dress, and slip away, leaving him to awake to the sensations of hangover and disappointment and stir discontentedly in his empty bed as he recollected spent pleasures.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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Between his last conscious moment and the early hour when he would rise, she would gently untangle herself from his embrace, dress, and slip away, leaving him to awake to the sensations of hangover and disappointment and stir discontentedly in his empty bed as he recollected spent pleasures.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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I'm thinking of a mallard that's sulking, discontentedly
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Between his last conscious moment and the early hour when he would rise, she would gently untangle herself from his embrace, dress, and slip away, leaving him to awake to the sensations of hangover and disappointment and stir discontentedly in his empty bed as he recollected spent pleasures.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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I'm thinking of a mallard that's sulking, discontentedly
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