growl
verb (used without object)
to utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility.
growlingly
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a word derived from
growl.
Example Sentences
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"What 'work' are you going to do?" the doctor asked, rather growlingly.
From Daisy in the Field by Susan Warner
Simon went growlingly away, and opening the door he had so carefully locked, he strode into the hall; taking care, however, to overhear the conversation.
From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II by Jules Lermina
Nonsense!" said Blucher, growlingly, "how could I make him win when he did not really win?
From Napoleon and Blucher by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
He had retired into his cabinet, and strode growlingly up and down, holding the fly-flap in his hand, and striking savagely at the flies which his searching eyes discovered here and there on the wall.
From Andreas Hofer by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
Mr. Cruncher, in an access of loyalty, growlingly repeated the words after Miss Pross, like somebody at church.
From A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
