FROWNINGLY

frowningly

(adverb) with a frown; while frowning; “he looked at her frowningly”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

frowningly (comparative more frowningly, superlative most frowningly)

While or as if frowning

Source: Wiktionary


Frown"ing*ly, adv.

Definition: In a frowning manner.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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3 April 2025

WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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