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Definition of Grouchily
1. Adverb. In an ill-natured manner. "She looked at her husband crossly"
Definition of Grouchily
1. Adverb. In a grouchy manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grouchily
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grouchily
Literary usage of Grouchily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Here and Now Story Book: Two-to Seven Year Olds; Experimental Stories by Lucy Sprague Mitchell (1921)
"... FARMER TRIES TO SLEEP The farmer woke up in the morning And sleepy as sleepy
was he, He turned in his bed and he grouchily said: "Today I will sleep! ..."
2. Faery Lands of the South Seas by James Norman Hall, Charles Nordhoff (1921)
""Well, we won't have to stop long," he added, grouchily. "I'll take what copra
they have and get out. It's a God-forsaken hole. ..."
3. Four Years in the Underbrush: Adventures as a Working Woman in New York (1921)
""I'm thinking of your grab-bag lot," Miss Stafford remarked, and I, having
forgotten her presence, turned grouchily toward her. ..."
4. Practical Child Training by Ray Coppock Beery (1918)
"DEFINITE INSTRUCTIONS Everard comes grouchily in and you just say, " Tired, my boy?
" He mutters, and hunches his shoulders. Do not say more. ..."
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