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Sourly

Sourly \Sour"ly\, adv. In a sour manner; with sourness.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sourly

1530s, from sour (adj.) + -ly (2).

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sourly

adv. In a sour manner.

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sourly

adv. in a sour manner; "he complained sourly that the new rules only benefitted the managers"

Usage examples of "sourly".

He smiled sourly, and then turned to glare at Sir Blays, who stared calmly back.

Trehearne sourly, and glanced at the stone wall, remembering what Shairn had said to him at the cove.

Gusterson sourly asserted, staring blankly at the tankless TV and kicking it lightly as he passed on.

The Captain watched sourly as the huge Rolls-Royce open tourer bumped down the dusty, pot-holed main street.

But the decision, the anchorman thought sourly, was typical of Chuck Insen: once more an item of foreign news, whose emphasis Sloane favored, had gone into the discard.

Maybe Ilford got his information direct from Kellogg, thought Everett sourly.

The rads sourly disparaged the Grange Head Clipper, which featured mostly commodities prices, along with bickering among candidates in upcoming elections, to be held in a month, on Farsun Day.

Kwan thought sourly, knowing that this was the moment when Dreibrand Veta would have served him best.

Evers was grumbling sourly under his breath at the sink, the cigar wigwagging from his mouth.

Because of the famous sacrifice of Habbili, son of Nushash, Xis had always been a kingdom in which the castrated were held in some esteem it was almost as established a route to the corridors of power as the priesthood In fact, the Favored ruled not just the Seclusion, but many of the bureaucracies of the Orchard Palace, so that the more daring soldiers of the autarchs army sometimes sourly jokedin private, of coursethat real men werent wanted in most of the palace, and would only be welcomed in the one place they were absolutely barred, the Seclusion.

Jesse said, rather sourly, and Trouble looked over her shoulder to see him unplugging himself from the last system block.

As she sourly remarked, Rhys could cursed well feed part of her household for a while after letting her vassals feed off her for so long.

She was probably first chosen for my maid for her skill at averting her eyes, Aerin thought sourly.

And now," and Candler laughed sourly, "none of the relatives who've been badgering him to name one of them wants to be the heir.

Sourly Kane rubbed swamp slime over his already befouled face and arms, wondering if this provision in any degree slackened the incessant attack of the swarming insects.