Meaning
1 sensesIn a sulky manner.
in a sulky manner
Examples
1 sentences"There, now I suppose you're satisfied!" he said, sulkily, but his instructor was not, it seemed, satisfied.
Forms
more sulkily, most sulkily| Comparative | more sulkily Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most sulkily |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsulky
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.