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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sullen \Sul"len\, a. [OE. solein, solain, lonely, sullen;
     through Old French fr. (assumed) LL. solanus solitary, fr. L.
     solus alone. See {Sole}, a.]
     1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Job iii. 14).
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     2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. --Milton.
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              Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change. --Shak.
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     3. Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
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              Such sullen planets at my birth did shine. --Dryden.
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     4. Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill
        humor; morose.
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              And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast. --Prior.
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     5. Obstinate; intractable.
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              Things are as sullen as we are.       --Tillotson.
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     6. Heavy; dull; sluggish. "The larger stream was placid, and
        even sullen, in its course." --Sir W. Scott.
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     Syn: Sulky; sour; cross; ill-natured; morose; peevish;
          fretful; ill-humored; petulant; gloomy; malign;
          intractable.
  
     Usage: {Sullen}, {Sulky}. Both sullen and sulky show
            themselves in the demeanor. Sullenness seems to be an
            habitual sulkiness, and sulkiness a temporary
            sullenness. The former may be an innate disposition;
            the latter, a disposition occasioned by recent injury.
            Thus we are in a sullen mood, and in a sulky fit.
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                  No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows;
                  The dreaded east is all the wind that blows.
                                                    --Pope.
            [1913 Webster] -- {Sul"len*ly}, adv. --
            {Sul"len*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sullenly
       adv : in a sullen manner; "he sat in his chair dourly" [syn: {dourly},
              {glumly}]

















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