atrabiliously

adv
/ˌætɹəˈbɪli.əsli/

Etymology

From atrabilious + -ly.

Definitions

  1. In an atrabilious (melancholy or ill-natured) manner

    In an atrabilious (melancholy or ill-natured) manner; grumpily, irritably, morosely.

    • Come, then, thou man of nice discernment and of most fastidious taste, and let us see what it is thou hatest; – where, and what is that mob which moveth thee so atrabiliously? All below a certain class may be regarded as the mob.
    • I atrabiliously drew on my trousers, and grumbled furiously at the stupidity of my Highland valet.
    • With both his eyes in his two hands' default, / At brother Luther he made fierce assault; / Then atrabiliously his gaze he turned, / Upon a Roman pontiff he discerned.

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