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Meaning of "sourly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOURLY

sourly  [ˈsaʊəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOURLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sourly 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 SOURLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sourly in the English dictionary

The definition of sourly in the dictionary is in a bad-tempered and unfriendly manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOURLY


actually
ˈæktʃʊəlɪ
annually
ˈænjʊəlɪ
bihourly
ˌbaɪˈaʊəlɪ
continually
kənˈtɪnjʊəlɪ
eventually
ɪˈvɛntʃʊəlɪ
gradually
ˈɡrædʒʊəlɪ
half-hourly
ˌhɑːfˈaʊəlɪ
hourly
ˈaʊəlɪ
individually
ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒʊəlɪ
manually
ˈmænjʊəlɪ
poorly
ˈpʊəlɪ
purely
ˈpjʊəlɪ
quarter-hourly
ˌkwɔːtəˈaʊəlɪ
securely
sɪˈkjʊəlɪ
sexually
ˈsɛkʃʊəlɪ
surely
ˈʃʊəlɪ
usually
ˈjuːʒʊəlɪ
virtually
ˈvɜːtʃʊəlɪ
visually
ˈvɪʒʊəlɪ
vowelly
ˈvaʊəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOURLY

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sourceless
sourcing
sourdeline
sourdine
sourdough
soured cream
soured milk
sourish
sourishly
sourness
sourock
sourpuss
soursop
sourveld
sourwood

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOURLY

burly
curly
dourly
gurly
hurly
hurly-burly
knurly
murly
neighbourly
savourly
surly
unneighbourly

Synonyms and antonyms of sourly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sourly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOURLY

Find out the translation of sourly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sourly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sourly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

酸酸地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agriamente
570 millions of speakers

English

sourly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sourly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بحدة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кисло
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sourly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sourly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aigrement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Masam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verdrießlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sourly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chua chát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sourly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अत्यंत संयम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sourly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acidamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kwaśno
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кисло
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

acru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sourly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

suur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sourly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sourly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sourly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOURLY»

The term «sourly» is regularly used and occupies the 95.819 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOURLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sourly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sourly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOURLY»

Discover the use of sourly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sourly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Ladybug Story
SOURLY. WILLOW. As. Glen. McFarland. wove. patterns of figure eights in the hot summer sky, the quiet voice spoke to him once more. Today it seemed to be telling him to look for adventure—to seek the thrills and excitement of a new ...
Gary Adams, 2012
2
Mute Christian Under the Rod
If this be so, then this truth looks sourly and wistly1 upon several sorts of persons. As, 1. First, This looks sourly and sadly upon murmurers, upon such as do nothing but mutter and murmur under the afflicting hand of God. This was Israel's sin ...
Thomas Brooks, 2001
3
A Mute Christian Under the Rod & Apples of Gold
If this be so, then this truth looks sourly and wistly1 upon several sorts of persons. As, 1. First, This looks sourly and sadly upon murmurers, upon such as do nothing but mutter and murmur under the afflicting hand of God. This was Israel's sin ...
Thomas Brooks, 2000
4
Replay To Ancient Days: The Second Collection Of Stories
How close were Candy and Dandy? Was there a lover's tryst? Was there a crime of passion? Was Dandy driven to suicide? Was it an act of terrorism? Was there any connection at all with the death of the Sourly Sombre's drummer?
WayneArthur Harris, 2005
5
Shakspeare's sonnets never before interpreted: his private ...
And when a woman woos,1 what woman's son Will sourly leave her till she 2 have prevailed ? Ay me ! but yet thou might'st, my Sweet ! 3 forbear, And chide thy beauty and thy straying youth, Who lead thee in their riot even there Where thou ...
Gerald Massey, 1866
6
Pathogen Risk Assessment for Land Application of Municipal ...
... (injection application) 15 AREA/T.01 Rp to AR6A/T.01 AREA/T.01 Rp to AR6A/ 0.01 RWRD to TWRND+RWRNR RARN Tourly Tourly during infiltration RRN, or TRTG=0 Sourly Tourly during infiltration THARV-1 (below-ground) Raily* Raily* ...
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office (Cincinnati, Ohio), 1990
7
A Master of Deception
Sweetheart, I'll be shot if I won't call you sweetheart, look you never so sourly at me!" "Oh, Rodney, I--I don't want to look sourly at you! Sourly! Oh, my dear, if you only knew!" "I do know, and that's just it. I want you to know. Sweetheart, good ...
Richard Marsh
8
Infinite Jests: Science Fiction Humor by Philip K. Dick, ...
Somewhat sourly, Cavanaugh showed him the rug being woven by a straw- hatted Mexican. Still more sourly, he answered the Hooligan's pictographed " Where?" with a map of Mexico; and more sourly still, he identified and located the artists ...
Robert Silverberg, 2009
9
The mute Christian under the smarting rod, with sovereign ...
If that be so, then this truth looks sourly and wistly upon several sorts of persons As, J. This looks sourly and sadly upon mupmurers, upon such as do nothing but mutter and murmur under 74 The Mute Christian Use This truth looks sourly upon  ...
Thomas Brooks, 1806
10
Analytical Writing and Thinking Instructor's Manual: Facing ...
WRONG: The milk smells sourly. Sourly is an adverb. It cannot describe milk. The sentence says the milk has a nose which does not work well—it works (smells) sourly. Here is another example of an adverb being used incorrectly for an ...
Myra J. Linden, Arthur Whimbey, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOURLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sourly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Fashion Finds a More Perfect Model: The Robot
When she turns him away, he glowers, asking her sourly, “Why do you have to be so fit?” Or for that matter, so adroit in anticipating her employers' every whim ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Griswolds return in shock-filled 'Vacation'
... pull an optimistic observation: Our families make it all bearable. John Hughes would approve of that, even in a silly, sourly gross summer comedy like this one. «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»
3
Theater Gunman Did Twisted Things to Own Home
But his stint as a club operator ended sourly when he was accused of selling alcohol to minors at Rusty's Buckhead Pub and had his alcoholic beverage pouring ... «Newser, Jul 15»
4
Mississippi County Ordered to Pay After Violating Religious …
For the first two weeks after the lawsuit went public, lawyers at AHA kept Bedi anonymous, and to her dismay, her classmates and peers reacted sourly. «BJC Blog from the Capital, Jul 15»
5
John Robson: Clinton's presidential battle — Americans have not …
Obviously, you may say. Even if Americans are “ready” for a woman, she's obnoxious, pushy, out of touch with normal people and so sourly, deviously dishonest, ... «Bayoubuzz, Jul 15»
6
Careful the stones that you throw
You have to suspect that she's not really a student of Darwin but that she was trying to tap into the dark humour of the sourly funny Darwin Awards, the mordantly ... «The Southland Times, Jul 15»
7
Film Review: 'The Violators'
Shelly does a commendable job of holding the household together, though she's sourly susceptible to conditional offers of support — including the expensive ... «Variety, Jul 15»
8
Employers watch what you do online — and you should too
The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, ... «Financial Post, May 15»
9
Marriage Proposals for Republican Candidates
... as evidenced by the answers, which have ranged in tone from dogmatically alarmed (Rick Santorum) and sourly crimped (Cruz) to contorted (Scott Walker), ... «The New Yorker, Apr 15»
10
Share “Oklahoma State basketball: Travis Ford...”
Ford acknowledged the frustrations running throughout OSU's fan base, following an 18-14 season that ended so sourly – a third straight one-and-done trip to ... «NewsOK.com, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Sourly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sourly>. May 2024 ».
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