sulkily, adv.
(ˈsʌlkɪlɪ)
[f. sulky a. + -ly2.]
In a sulky manner; with silent or moody ill-humour.
| 1796 Colman Iron Chest Pref. p. ii, Here is a scowling, sullen, black Bull,..he stands sulkily before. 1855 Macaulay Hist. Eng. xv. III. 560 Anne, who, when in good humour, was meekly stupid, and, when in bad humour, was sulkily stupid. 1865 Flo. Marryat Love's Confl. I. xviii. 317 Agnes took the sulkily-granted leave joyfully. 1874 Green Short Hist. viii. §9 (1882) 560 The stricter Covenanters retired sulkily from the Royal army. |
| fig. 1823 Byron Juan xiv. xxviii, When..sulkily the river's ripple's flowing. 1839 Kemble Resid. in Georgia (1863) 69 The eagle..hovered sulkily a while over the river. |