Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a sullen manner; gloomily; with moroseness.
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- adverb In a
sullen manner.
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- adverb in a sullen manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Each answered the roll-call sullenly, out of necessity, for every one of them was a marked man.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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They continued to call sullenly for "the traitor."
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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Each answered the roll-call sullenly, out of necessity, for every one of them was a marked man.
Coniston — Volume 02 Winston Churchill 1909
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Each answered the roll-call sullenly, out of necessity, for every one of them was a marked man.
Coniston — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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They continued to call sullenly for "the traitor."
Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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They continued to call sullenly for "the traitor."
Richard Carvel — Volume 07 Winston Churchill 1909
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They continued to call sullenly for "the traitor."
Richard Carvel Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947 1899
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It has been remarked by the American historian, Schouler, that immediately before the outbreak of the Civil War, diplomatic controversies between England and America had largely been settled, and that England, pressed from point to point, had "sullenly" yielded under
Great Britain and the American Civil War Ephraim Douglass Adams
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"I don't know," sullenly; "I telegraphed him Saturday; he will come to-day, no doubt.
The Diamond Coterie Lawrence L. Lynch
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Parker stared sullenly at the big man, who looked off at the ocean.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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