the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ad. In a sour manner; with sourness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In a sour manner, in any sense of the word sour.
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ad. in a sour manner
Word Usage
"“The president said ‘humane treatment,’ ” Feith told me, inflecting the term sourly, “and I thought that was O.K. Perfectly fine phrase that needs to be fleshed out, but it’s a fine phrase — ‘humane treatment.’ "