Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a resentful manner; with resentment.
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- adverb In a
resentful manner.
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- adverb with resentment; in a resentful manner
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Examples
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And as for my marriage, as for being distressed by my caring for someone else, "resentfully," he is absolutely indifferent.
Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Mary Cholmondeley 1892
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Which is actually not so bad, except that the people who are these gateways are feeling kind of resentfully entitled; after all, aren't they part of the system now?
RedState 2009
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“He never done anything for me,” he muttered resentfully.
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Worcester pigeons, looking resentfully at more attractive and graceful swans.
Gritty City Creates Knowledge Zone, But Some Feel Left Out Con Chapman 2010
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Eden said, almost resentfully: “We cease firing tonight at midnight provided we are not attacked.”
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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When he breaks down at the end of the movie, Rambo explains resentfully:
Mark Engler: Spitting in the Faces of U.S. Troops Mark Engler 2010
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I resentfully glare at brides with big low side buns decorated with flowers, at Japanese girls with a hearty bobble on the top of their heads, at ballerinas whose buns threaten to topple their slender frames.
Frances McInnis: Puny Bun? Put a Sock in It Frances McInnis 2011
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When he breaks down at the end of the movie, Rambo explains resentfully:
Mark Engler: Spitting in the Faces of U.S. Troops Mark Engler 2010
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I resentfully glare at brides with big low side buns decorated with flowers, at Japanese girls with a hearty bobble on the top of their heads, at ballerinas whose buns threaten to topple their slender frames.
Frances McInnis: Puny Bun? Put a Sock in It Frances McInnis 2011
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When he breaks down at the end of the movie, Rambo explains resentfully:
Mark Engler: Spitting in the Faces of U.S. Troops Mark Engler 2010
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