Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a sulky manner; sullenly; morosely.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a sulky manner.

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  • adverb In a sulking manner

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  • adverb in a sulky manner

Etymologies

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sulky +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • He came in sulkily, neither saluting the company nor returning their salutations.

    The Hidden Hand 1888

  • He continued what Mr. Ridding, watching the group of young people, called sulkily to himself his rigmarole, but continued more abstractedly.

    Christopher and Columbus Elizabeth von Arnim 1903

  • Alan had joined Buzz at the bar and was sulkily nursing a beer.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Finally, after we had exhausted ourselves arguing, Li sulkily consented to go back into the wilderness -- followed, I need hardly add, by her watchful mom.

    Louis Bayard: A Tiger Mom Shares Her Secrets Louis Bayard 2011

  • Alan had joined Buzz at the bar and was sulkily nursing a beer.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Billy joined sulkily, then brightened up as his eyes chanced upon the coffee pot, which he immediately put on to boil.

    CHAPTER II 2010

  • “Besides,” he added sulkily, “she really, really loved me when I was —.”

    The Boundaries of Temptation (1/5) amberfocus 2009

  • Finally, after we had exhausted ourselves arguing, Li sulkily consented to go back into the wilderness -- followed, I need hardly add, by her watchful mom.

    Louis Bayard: A Tiger Mom Shares Her Secrets Louis Bayard 2011

  • This was Michael's first food, for he had sulkily refused to go near the potatoes.

    CHAPTER XXX 2010

  • “Besides,” he added sulkily, “she really, really loved me when I was —.”

    I Am Fangirling and Fic Update amberfocus 2009

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  • "I like to ride in a horse-drawn carriage", said Tom sulkily.

    December 12, 2007