resentfully

resentfully

English

Etymology

    From resentful + -ly.

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    Adverb

    resentfully (comparative more resentfully, superlative most resentfully)

    1. In a resentful manner.
      • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 28:
        `Talk sense, fat face,' he said resentfully.
      • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 378:
        Still agitated, she watched resentfully as two traffic policemen remounted their motorcycles.

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