Crowingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    So as to crow; with jubilation or schadenfreude.

    "1902, Watson Bradshaw, "Thyestes", Act V., in The Ten Tragedies of Seneca, page 135. Wicked Atreus crowingly congratulates himself on his cruel revenge […]"

Example

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"1902, Watson Bradshaw, "Thyestes", Act V., in The Ten Tragedies of Seneca, page 135. Wicked Atreus crowingly congratulates himself on his cruel revenge […]"

Etymology

From crowing + -ly.

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