MOODILY

moodily

(adverb) in a moody manner; “in the bar, a youngish, sharp-eyed man was staring moodily into a gin and tonic”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

moodily (comparative more moodily, superlative most moodily)

In a moody manner.

Anagrams

• doomily

Source: Wiktionary


Mood"i*ly, adv.

Definition: In a moody manner.

MOODY

Mood"y, a. [Compar. Moodier; superl. Moodiest.] Etym: [AS. modig courageous.]

1. Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.

2. Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy. "Every peevish, moody malcontent." Rowe. Arouse thee from thy moody dream! Sir W. Scott.

Syn.

– Gloomy; pensive; sad; fretful; capricious.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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THOUGHTLESS

(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”


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