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Definition of Crankily
1. in a cranky manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crankily
Literary usage of Crankily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1864)
"'Tie a saying that haena much sense in it," said the doctor, crankily ; " for
who's to say when the means is blessed? " Here was a point that offered so ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1889)
"... and the shallow roadstead forbids the close approach of the tug. So we transfer
ourselves first to a small boat which dances crankily through the surf, ..."
3. Poet Lore (1913)
"Masha (crankily).— Wasting words with you! Pah! Medvedenko.— Don't bother, Masha!
I can walk home! Pauline (sighs).— In this weather (sits at card-table). ..."
4. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Elizabeth Bisland, Lafcadio Hearn (1906)
"... and do not want to know anything about? "Life is too short," as the Americans
say. With thanks all the same, crankily yours, LAFCADIO HEARN. ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1864)
"'Tie a saying that haena much sense in it," said the doctor, crankily ; " for
who's to say when the means is blessed? " Here was a point that offered so ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1889)
"... and the shallow roadstead forbids the close approach of the tug. So we transfer
ourselves first to a small boat which dances crankily through the surf, ..."
7. Poet Lore (1913)
"Masha (crankily).— Wasting words with you! Pah! Medvedenko.— Don't bother, Masha!
I can walk home! Pauline (sighs).— In this weather (sits at card-table). ..."
8. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Elizabeth Bisland, Lafcadio Hearn (1906)
"... and do not want to know anything about? "Life is too short," as the Americans
say. With thanks all the same, crankily yours, LAFCADIO HEARN. ..."
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