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resentfully

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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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