What does frowningly mean?
Frowningly means While or as if frowning.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
While or as if frowning.
"And by what name is he known?" frowningly inquired the king.
"I'm sorry to hear you say that," said Wade, frowningly.
She looked at him frowningly.
This was to defeat Podson's urgent need of anybody's company to reprieve him from his own. He was constantly letting out a howl of exasperation with, "So help me Bob, Mudgy, you are a rude cow. Here have I been talking to you for half an hour and not a blinking word out of you." For which Bradly might, or might not, look frowningly round to locate a disturbance in the remote distance before returning to tonal trance again.
Use frowningly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Frowningly means While or as if frowning.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"And by what name is he known?" frowningly inquired the king.
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