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sullenly ad. 不高兴地;沉重地;迟缓地 不高兴地;沈重地;迟缓地 sullenly adv 1: in a sullen manner; " he sat in his chair dourly" [ synonym: { dourly}, { sullenly}, { glumly}] Sullen \ Sul" len\, a. [ OE. solein, solain, lonely, sullen; through Old French fr. ( assumed) LL. solanus solitary, fr. L. solus alone. See { Sole}, a.] 1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. [ Obs.] -- Wyclif ( Job iii. 14). [ 1913 Webster] 2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious. [ 1913 Webster] Such sullen planets at my birth did shine. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill humor; morose. [ 1913 Webster] And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast. -- Prior. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Obstinate; intractable. [ 1913 Webster] Things are as sullen as we are. -- Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster] 6. Heavy; dull; sluggish. " The larger stream was placid, and even sullen, in its course." -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Sulky; sour; cross; ill- natured; morose; peevish; fretful; ill- humored; petulant; gloomy; malign; intractable. Usage: { Sullen}, { Sulky}. Both sullen and sulky show themselves in the demeanor. Sullenness seems to be an habitual sulkiness, and sulkiness a temporary sullenness. The former may be an innate disposition; the latter, a disposition occasioned by recent injury. Thus we are in a sullen mood, and in a sulky fit. [ 1913 Webster] No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows; The dreaded east is all the wind that blows. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Sul" len* ly}, adv. -- { Sul" len* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster]
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