frown
verb (used without object)
to contract the brow, as in displeasure or deep thought; scowl.
frowningly
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a word derived from
frown.
Example Sentences
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Many of the movements are inchoate, dissolving almost as soon as grasped; there are repetitive tics, sternly and frowningly addressed, and sudden whims, expressed in breezily formless rushes of activity.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2013
This was instantly chopped short by His Majesty who frowningly jerked his head in the direction of the cheer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Vicious Circle is neither weighty nor frowningly significant, but it is about people who were intensely and hilariously alive, many of them brilliant, most of them naturals.
From Time Magazine Archive
It may be pounced on frowningly and all its details subjected to legalistic analysis.
From Time Magazine Archive
She regarded her teacup frowningly, as though she were seeking light in the amber fluid.
From The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike by Janet Aldridge
