pout
verb (used without object)
to thrust out the lips, especially in displeasure or sullenness.
poutingly
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a word derived from
pout.
Example Sentences
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“What is wrong with me, Henri?” she poutingly asks Lautrec.
From Time ● Dec. 18, 2016
When jolly Mayor Roger Lapham gave her a gold medal, she poutingly demanded a kiss as well, received a peck on the forehead, both cheeks.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Oh, gee, Ev, you spoiled my game," said Harry poutingly.
From Hookers by Rae Bourbon
I have never thought," the girl continued poutingly, "that you did anything of which I should be jealous; but she—she—oh, I hate her!
From Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Charles Major
That's just the way Mr. St. Clair damps my ardor," she says, poutingly; "I do so want to pose as Mary Stuart.
From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Annie Gregg Savigny
