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Definition of Resentfully
1. Adverb. With resentment; in a resentful manner. "The best doctors would stay resentfully out of the national service, refusing to become the minions of a Minister"
Definition of Resentfully
1. Adverb. In a resentful manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Resentfully
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resentfully
Literary usage of Resentfully
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Cyclopedia of Missions: Containing a Comprehensive View of Missionary by Harvey Newcomb (1855)
"... •who resentfully asked, " Aro we to be passed by ?" and to quiet their minds Dr.
Grant was obliged to devote a few hours each day to teaching a school ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1906)
"She drew herself up resentfully—resentfully, mind you, not scornfully. ' I know
that once you did indeed capture the message Parliament had sent ; my cousin ..."
3. The People's Bible: Discourses Upon Holy Scripture by Joseph Parker (1887)
"Is he speaking resentfully ? No, for the men who speak resentfully are weak ;
strong only for one little moment, but it is a strength of desperation, ..."
4. The Crime of Caste in Our Country: Americans Enforce Equality. No Sham by Benjamin Rush Davenport (1893)
"Hence the mighty influence of the women who had become resentfully Democratic
because of social snubs. One woman had not been invited to the Patriarch's ..."
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