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frowningly adverb uk /ˈfraʊ.nɪŋ.li/ us /ˈfraʊ.nɪŋ.li/ while frowning(= bringing your eyebrows together so that there are lines on your face above your eyes) to show you are worried or not pleased with something: He regarded me frowningly. "You were there when they received the news, weren't you?" She frowningly pushed the papers about her desk, trying to work out why the figures didn't add up. He often becomes frowningly silent for long periods. He looked closely at every inch of her face, like a jeweller frowningly examining a precious object. My friends looked at me frowningly and I started to realize what I'd agreed to do. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Grimacing and frowning bitchy resting face cloud curl death stare evil eye eye-roll eye-rolling if looks could kill...idiom knit knit your brow/browsidiom look daggers at someoneidiom pout purse roll scowlingly screw scrunch sneer witheringly
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