frownfully

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English

Etymology

From frownful +‎ -ly.

Adverb

frownfully (comparative more frownfully, superlative most frownfully)

  1. In a frownful manner
    • 1909, The Pall Mall Magazine, volume 44:
      Olive very quickly said, " A bat, dear," and winked frownfully through the leaves. We were in the Blenheim-orange tree — secure from any one creeping up behind.
    • 2007, Paul Saka, How to Think about Meaning:
      Nurse B, in contrast, frownfully wonders how such imbeciles could ever come to exist.