Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a displeased or disapproving manner; in the manner of one who is displeased.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb rare With displeasure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
displeased manner.
Etymologies
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displeased + -ly
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Examples
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“Have I not said it?” answered Cromwell, displeasedly.
Woodstock 1855
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"I think you should know me, Sir?" continued he, looking displeasedly at the laird, with his face half turned round.
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner James Hogg 1802
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"Have I not said it?" answered Cromwell, displeasedly.
Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Walter Scott 1801
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