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scowlily

scowlily adverb: in a scowly manner.

Adverb

scowlily (comparative more scowlily, superlative most scowlily)

  1. In a scowly manner.
    • Una slipped through their private gap in the fence, and sat still a while, scowling as scowlily and lordlily as she knew how[...].1906, Rudyard Kipling, “A Centurion of the Thirtieth”, in Puck of Pook's Hill, page 125

Forms of scowlily

comparativemore scowlily
superlativemost scowlily

Origin of scowlily

From scowly + -ly.

Questions about scowlily

What does scowlily mean?
Scowlily means in a scowly manner.
What part of speech is scowlily?
Scowlily is an adverb.

Words near scowlily in the dictionary

  1. scowlest
  2. scowleth
  3. scowlful
  4. scowlier
  5. scowliest
  6. scowlily
  7. scowling
  8. scowlingly
  9. scowlings
  10. scowls
  11. scowly

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