saturnine
adjective
sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
saturninely
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a word derived from
saturnine.
Example Sentences
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Okay, movie buffs and trivia fans everywhere, it's name-that-star time: What saturninely handsome actor is signed up for 170, that's right, 170 movies, with 50 of them currently in production ?
From Time Magazine Archive
After a time he grinned saturninely: “Looks to me like a long chance, Larry,” he mused.
From The Ranchman by Charles Alden Seltzer
I wouldn't at all doubt her!" said the cook, saturninely, "But what's the drawn'-room carpet to conjuring a supper out of me pocket in five minutes?
From Mount Music by Martin Ross
Number forty was like an old warrior, gone to his chair by the fireside, who listens to the small-talk of his neighbors saturninely.
From The Goose Girl by Harold MacGrath
Rigid in her chair, the girl watched the riders swoop toward the ranchhouse; Sanderson, lounging against the porch column, smiled saturninely.
From Square Deal Sanderson by Charles Alden Seltzer
