Both Uses
sullen
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Parrot in the Oven
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- "I'll get a job," he said, sullenly, "don't worry about it, I'll get job."
Chpt 2. *sullenly = showing a gloomy or bad mood
- My jaw wasn't doing nothing," I said sullenly.†
Chpt 9.
Definitions:
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(sullen as in: a sullen mood) being unhappy (and often withdrawn)
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(sullen as in: a sullen sky) darkened by clouds; or the color of a gloomy sky
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(sullen as in: sullen heat) unpleasant
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Sullen can also be used figuratively. For example, "A sullen economic landscape" is one that does not look hopeful.