sullenly

American  

[suhl-uhn-lee] / ˈsʌl ən li /

adverb

1. in a way that shows irritation, ill humor, or gloom; morosely.

   In the next room, an embittered, lonely man sits sullenly.

2. with a gloomy or dismal sound.

   The door thudded sullenly behind her.

   The waves roared sullenly against the base of the cliff.

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Other Word Forms

• unsullenly adverb

Etymology

Origin of sullenly

sullen ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

I've been hurt by starters that would never become sufficiently foamy, by doughs that sullenly refused to rise, by boules that baked into oversized hockey pucks.

From Salon

"You are a class act," she sullenly admits to one such saint in an upcoming episode, "and that is not beneficial to me."

From Salon

You are likely not the sort of person who enjoys storming off from the dinner table, or crying in your childhood bedroom, or sullenly texting a friend while you furtively drink in the bathroom.

From Salon

In his bathroom brooding raptors hooded like hangmen shifted sullenly upon their perches.

From New York Times

“I don’t know,” said Bobby sullenly, when asked why he spent so much time playing chess and not on his schoolwork.

From Literature