▪ I. ˈgrumly, a. dial.
? = gumly a.
| 1826 Sir P. Spens x. in Child Ballads (1885) II. 22/2 Till cold and watry grew the wind, And grumly grew the sea. 1892 Strang Earth Fiend i. xii, The tearfu' sky mak's grumly brooks O'er a' the land. |
▪ II. ˈgrumly, adv.
[f. grum a. + -ly2.]
Sullenly, morosely.
| 1727 Bailey vol. II, Grumly, grimly. 1755 in Johnson. 1827 J. F. Cooper Red Rover iii, ‘Any fool knowd it,’ returned Scipio grumly. 1854 H. H. Riley Puddleford 92 (Th.), Mr. Bird very grumly said he'd better hold on. 1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes vi. 41 ‘Um-hum,’ he said grumly. |