Crossword clues for sullenly
sullenly
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sullen \Sul"len\, a. [OE. solein, solain, lonely, sullen; through Old French fr. (assumed) LL. solanus solitary, fr. L. solus alone. See Sole, a.]
Lonely; solitary; desolate. [Obs.]
--Wyclif (Job iii. 14).-
Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
--Milton.Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change.
--Shak. -
Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
Such sullen planets at my birth did shine.
--Dryden. -
Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill humor; morose.
And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast.
--Prior. -
Obstinate; intractable.
Things are as sullen as we are.
--Tillotson. -
Heavy; dull; sluggish. ``The larger stream was placid, and even sullen, in its course.''
--Sir W. Scott.Syn: Sulky; sour; cross; ill-natured; morose; peevish; fretful; ill-humored; petulant; gloomy; malign; intractable.
Usage: Sullen, Sulky. Both sullen and sulky show themselves in the demeanor. Sullenness seems to be an habitual sulkiness, and sulkiness a temporary sullenness. The former may be an innate disposition; the latter, a disposition occasioned by recent injury. Thus we are in a sullen mood, and in a sulky fit.
No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows; The dreaded east is all the wind that blows.
--Pope. [1913 Webster] -- Sul"len*ly, adv. -- Sul"len*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a sullen manner.
WordNet
Usage examples of "sullenly".
He looked with surprise at the visitor, and at once averted his face sullenly.
He took the tarnished guard bugle and rubbed at it a little, held it in his lap then, as they sat on in the cool darkness, playing softly and talking a little, but mostly listening, Stark not talking any but only listening, gladly but sullenly.
Davies neared them, riding diagonally towards the troop from the low divide to the east, Devers did not change the direction of his little column so as to meet him half-way, but held on sullenly southward.
I dealt with the latter by standing up, gazing sullenly at my reflection, and heading out the door to find Lieutenant Henbit and impress him with my insightful logic.
Dark and hushed, the river flowed sullenly on, save where the reflected stars made a tremulous and broken beam on the black surface of the water, or the lights of the vast City, which lay in shadow on its banks, scattered at capricious intervals a pale but unpiercing wanness rather than lustre along the tide, or save where the stillness was occasionally broken by the faint oar of the boatman or the call of his rude voice, mellowed almost into music by distance and the element.
Xavier pushed another forkful of piperade into his mouth and chewed sullenly.
Orkborne, piqued by this transfer, sullenly followed, and now gave to her, pertinaciously, his undivided attention.
In a moment the reporter and his two companions had crossed the corral and reached the gate of the palisade behind which Top was heard growling sullenly.
Across the Persimmon Sea the tribes of the Retent sullenly sat in their camps nursing grievances and planning murders, raids and tortures for the future, though without any great zest.
One or two of the captured seceshers glanced sullenly at the Northern General, and one rogue spat in his direction, but tonight, Banks thought, he would have the most valuable prisoner as his dinner guest.
Harold was not being overbearing, and Sneezy not sullenly resentful, they were friends.
Herovit finishes sullenly and stands with hands on hips, elbows poking the wall, while Wilk surveys the office.
Sullenly, Yule toys with the weapon a minim more, but he hands it over.
The damaged vehicle burned sullenly, occasional explosions jarring the ground and sending tongues of flame through its hatches and around the gun that lay slanting toward the ground, its mantlet slammed free of the surrounding armor.
Once again Pastour won, and once again the guards went sullenly away, and once again Pastour stormed through the door of his greenhouse and peace.