sullenly

1. 1.

   in a sullen manner

   “he sat in his chair dourly”

   Synonymsdourlyglumly

Questions about sullenly

What does sullenly mean?

sullenly means "in a sullen manner".

How many syllables are in sullenly?

sullenly has 3 syllables: sul-len-ly. The stress falls on "sul".

What is another word for sullenly?

Close synonyms include dourly, glumly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sullenly a common word?

sullenly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.