broodingly

broodingly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English brooding
English -ly
English broodingly

    From brooding + -ly.

    Adverb

    broodingly (comparative more broodingly, superlative most broodingly)

    1. In a brooding manner.
      • 1951, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 4, in World so Wide […], New York, N.Y.: Random House, →OCLC, page 35:
        But he was broodingly unable to see even the most ivied tower as anything but a pile of stones till, inexplicably, the miracle of recovered hope and courage transformed him.
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