frownfully
advEtymology From frownful + -ly.
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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: