saturninely
- 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
Calumet felt that it would be useless to question her and so he leaned back in his chair and regarded her saturninely.
From The Boss of the Lazy Y by Seltzer, Charles Alden
He stepped into the cabin, turned the outlaw over, grinned saturninely, and then went out to where Lawler stood.
From The Trail Horde by Seltzer, Charles Alden
After a time he grinned saturninely: “Looks to me like a long chance, Larry,” he mused.
From The Ranchman by Seltzer, Charles Alden
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 MacGrath, Harold
