frowningly, adv.
(ˈfraʊnɪŋlɪ)
[f. frowning ppl. a. + -ly2.]
In a frowning manner.
| 1556 J. Heywood Spider & F. lxxvi. 22 Such flies as erst had frowninglie faste him: Louinglie they then, on him did smothlie smile. 1617 Hieron Wks. (1619–20) II. 270 With the eye of his soule he saw the Lord looke frowningly vpon him. 1797 Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xxvi, ‘You shall know me hereafter’, said the stranger, frowningly. 1870 M. Bridgman Ro. Lynne II. ii. 21 Four rows of dark houses that frowningly faced one another. |