sulkily

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English sulky Middle English -ly English -ly English sulkily From sulky + -ly.

1. In a sulky manner.

   “But the pretty milk-maid was much too vexed to make any answer. She picked up the leg sulkily and led her cow away, the poor animal limping on three legs.”

   “By hammering trenchantly on that point, Podson was induced to say sulkily, "Oh, all right, if you're so set on it...I never mentioned it. Hang it, I'm not likely to mention it to anybody, am I?"”