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# sullenly

«sullenly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a bad-tempered, silent and unfriendly way, as when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sullenly means in a bad-tempered, silent and unfriendly way, as when someone is sulking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sullenly/#m1)

2) Sullenly can describe dark, gloomy weather or water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sullenly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A story word that tells the reader a character is angry or unhappy but will not say so. «He answered sullenly» shows a grudging, grumpy reply. Dark clouds or a river can move sullenly, which makes the mood gloomy.

### examples

- The boy stared sullenly at his plate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sullenly/#x1)
- «I don't care,» she muttered sullenly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sullenly/#x2)
- The weasels sullenly handed back the keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sullenly/#x3)
- The river flowed sullenly under grey skies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sullenly/#x4)
- He sat sullenly in the corner all afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sullenly/#x5)
- The prisoner answered sullenly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sullenly/#x6)

### note

From «sullen» + «-ly». Sullen is about silent bad mood; «sulky» is close. Not the same as «sadly».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sullenly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sullenly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.