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frowningly

Meaning of "frowningly" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF FROWNINGLY

ˈfraʊnɪŋlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FROWNINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Frowningly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES FROWNINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of frowningly in the English dictionary

The definition of frowningly in the dictionary is with drawing of the brows together and wrinkling of the forehead, esp in worry, anger, or concentration. Other definition of frowningly is disapprovingly or with dislike.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FROWNINGLY

atoningly · complainingly · cunningly · deafeningly · discerningly · dishearteningly · droningly · entertainingly · frighteningly · groaningly · intoningly · maddeningly · moaningly · questioningly · sickeningly · stunningly · threateningly · unquestioningly · warningly · yawningly

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FROWNINGLY

frow · froward · frowardly · frowardness · frown · frowner · frowning · frowsier · frowsiest · frowsiness · frowst · frowster · frowstier · frowstiest · frowstiness · frowsty · frowsy · frowzier · frowziest · frowzily

WORDS THAT END LIKE FROWNINGLY

accordingly · amazingly · astonishingly · correspondingly · exceedingly · increasingly · interestingly · irritatingly · knowingly · livingly · lovingly · overwhelmingly · seemingly · shockingly · singly · sparingly · strikingly · strongly · surprisingly · unknowingly · willingly

Synonyms and antonyms of frowningly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «frowningly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FROWNINGLY

Find out the translation of frowningly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of frowningly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «frowningly» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

皱眉蹙额
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

frowningly
570 millions of speakers
en

English

frowningly
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

frowningly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

frowningly
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

исподлобья
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

frowningly
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

frowningly
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

fronçant le sourcil
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Frowningly
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

frowningly
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

frowningly
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

frowningly
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Frowningly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

frowningly
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

frowningly
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

भलतीच
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

frowningly
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

frowningly
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

frowningly
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

спідлоба
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

frowningly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

frowningly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fronsend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

frowningly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

frowningly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of frowningly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FROWNINGLY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about frowningly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FROWNINGLY»

Discover the use of frowningly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to frowningly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Theatre
"What looked he, frowningly?" The punctuations differ. Some point it thus: " What ! looked he frowningly ? " Others in this way: "What, looked he frowningly ?" The question surely being, "What was his aspect; was it frowningly?" So has Mr. Mull  ...
‎1888
2
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: Lines Pronounced Corrupt ...
What look'd he, frowningly ? [229 The punctuation in all the copies is different from this. Some point it thus, What ! look'd he frowningly ? others in this way, What, look'd he frowningly ? The question surely is, " What was his aspect, was it  ...
William Shakespeare, Matthias Mull, 1885
3
A Synoptic Hamlet: a Critical-Synoptic Edition of the Second ...
425 Hamlet. Then saw you not his face- face? 426 Horatio. O yes, my lord, he wore his beaver up. 427 Hamlet. ^at looked he frowningly? W nat, 428 Horatio. A countenance more in sorrow than in anger. 429 Hamlet. Pale, or red? 430 Horatio.
Jesús Tronch, William Shakespeare, 2002
4
The Works of Charles Dickens
Quilp looked frowningly at him, and frowningly at his wife, and frowningly at Richard Swiveller ; but, receiving no enlightenment from any of them, hurried upstairs, whence he soon hurried down again, confirming the report which had been ...
Charles Dickens, 1900
5
Old curiosity shop
133 Quilp looked frowningly at him, and frowningly at his wife, and frowningly at Richard Swiveller; but, receiving no enlightenment from any of them, hurried up stairs, whence he soon hurried down again, confirming the report which had been ...
Charles Dickens, Andrew Lang, 1899
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The works of Charles Dickens. Complete ed
Quilp looked frowningly at him, and frowningly at his wife, and frowningly at Richard Swiveller ; but, receiving no enlightenment from any of them, hurried upstairs, whence he soon hurried down again, confirming the report which had been ...
Charles Dickens, 1908
7
The Works of Charles Dickens: The old curiosity shop
Quilp looked frowningly at him, and frowningly at his wife, and frowningly at Richard Swiveller ; but, receiving no enlightenment from any of them, hurried up stairs, whence he soon hurried down again, confirming the report which had been ...
Charles Dickens, George Cruikshank, 1901
8
Works
Quilp looked frowningly at him, and frowningly at his wife, and frowningly at Richard Swiveller; but, receiving no enlightenment from any of them, hurried up stairs, whence he soon hurried down again, confirming the report which had been ...
Charles Dickens, 1911
9
The Old Curiosity Shop
Quilp looked frowningly at him, and frowningly at his wife, and frowningly at Richard Swiveller; but, receiving no enlightenment from any of them, hurried up stairs, whence he soon hurried down again, confirming the report which had been ...
Charles Dickens, 1841
10
The old curiosity shop, illustr. by J. Jellicoe
Quilp looked frowningly at him, and frowningly at his wife, and frowningly at Richard Swiveller ; but, receiving no enlightenment from any of them, hurried upstairs, whence he soon hurried down again, confirming the report which had been ...
Charles Dickens, 1905

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FROWNINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term frowningly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Macbeth review: Fassbender and Cotillard full of sound and fury in …
Paddy Considine is a frowningly vigilant Banquo and David Thewlis is Duncan, the sacrificial victim King smilingly presiding over the nation ... «The Guardian, May 15»
2
Lunch with BS: Valson Thampu
When I arrive, a week later, in the large, white high-ceilinged Principal's room at St Stephen's College, my host says frowningly, "Business ... «Business Standard, May 15»
3
1001 Days and Nights: radio proves pivotal as BBC Arabic turns 77
But when I frowningly mention the pointed and frustrating modesty that has always struck me as entirely too characteristic of the World Service ... «New Statesman, Feb 15»
4
Fifty Shades of Grey review – making a bad fist of it
Soon they are dating, but Christian frowningly tells Anastasia she must submit to regular sessions in his “Red Room of Pleasure”, tied up and ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
5
Paddington: Movie Review
... (Sally Hawkins, in endearing form) and its rather unimpressed patriarch (Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville in frowningly frumpy mode). «TVNZ, Dec 14»
6
PopWatch Confessional: The thing you hate (that everyone else loves)
(It's also the second straight novel about a fantastically complex titular Girl Fincherized into a movie that focuses on a frowningly handsome ... «Entertainment Weekly, Dec 14»
7
Interstellar review: Nolan's biggest spectacle – and biggest …
... with gravitational pull and fuel consumption, he writes it on his little spaceship whiteboard and Hathaway says frowningly: “Yeah. That'll work! «The Guardian, Nov 14»
8
Won Over by the Battlefield
I considered sitting in the car, but frowningly went along as Dean walked us up and around the boulders and through the various stages of the ... «New York Times, Oct 14»
9
Life after being widowed: bloom where you're planted
... quintessential Englishman (a Geordie at that) to days alone in a still unprogressive area of Appalachia and a frowningly "dry" one also, where ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
10
The Power of Meditative Thinking Versus Positive Thinking
And this frowningly funny review from The Guardian of the book Smile or Die. Interestingly, these articles also give a nod to the power of ... «Huffington Post, Jul 14»
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