adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a brooding manner.
1825. R. Ward, Tremaine, I. xxx. 236. ‘I mean,’ said Tremaine, broodingly, ‘in the favour he seems to enjoy, and the influence he seems to be allowed in this family.’
1840. Lytton, Pilgr. Rhine, xxvi. Which the demon broodingly foresaw.
1854. Mrs. Gaskell, North & S., ii. The weather was sultry and broodingly still.
