thrawnly

English

Etymology

From thrawn +‎ -ly.

Adverb

thrawnly (comparative more thrawnly, superlative most thrawnly)

1. (rare) In a thrawn manner.
   • 1899, John Buchan, Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People, page 250:

     Then the man repented his words and stared at the thing in the moss. "What bird are ye?" he asked thrawnly.