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Definition of Cantankerously
1. Adverb. In a bad mood. "He answered her cantankerously"
Partainyms: Cantankerous
Definition of Cantankerously
1. Adverb. In a cantankerous manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cantankerously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cantankerously
Literary usage of Cantankerously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1899)
""Well, it does seem to me that you are most cantankerously particular about a
little thing, Sim Robinson. Why, when I can't remember a thing myself, ..."
2. Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne): A Biography and Bibliography by Don Carlos Seitz (1919)
"... no matter how cantankerously the gale might shriek. Captain Wright was a
thorough seaman, but a man of few words. Born when quite small, ..."
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