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Definition of Curmudgeonly
1. Adjective. Brusque and surly and forbidding. "A gruff reply"
Similar to: Ill-natured
Derivative terms: Crust, Curmudgeon, Gruffness
Definition of Curmudgeonly
1. a. Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow.
Definition of Curmudgeonly
1. Adjective. Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Curmudgeonly
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curmudgeonly
Literary usage of Curmudgeonly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Penurious, parsimonious, stingy, miserly, niggardly, mean, close, close-handed,
curmudgeonly, churlish, illiberal, ungenerous. Close-handed, л. ..."
2. The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway: In Three Volumes by Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton (1813)
"Sir, that curmudgeonly mouldy uncle you speak of, was your elder brother, and
never married in all his life: he dying, bequeaths me two thousand pound a ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"$'•75- TT WOULD perhaps be curmudgeonly, in face of the actual existence of a
Gilbert and Sullivan Dictionary, to gainsay its value, comparing it in ..."
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