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frownfully en · ADV

Etymology

From frownful + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a frownful manner
   • 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. 1909, The Pall Mall Magazine, volume 44:
   • Nurse B, in contrast, frownfully wonders how such imbeciles could ever come to exist. 2007, Paul Saka, How to Think about Meaning:

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