Definitions
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- adverb In a
grouchy manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an ill-natured manner
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Examples
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It's an uninspired, cynical and distinctly saggy effort, to be honest, which deserves to sink without a trace, but then again Hugo HUGO! is grouchily handsome and wears a lovely jaunty porkpie hat, so maybe it's actually dead good and deserves all the success it's predicted.
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“No, I just thought you might have come to your senses and begged off from that invitation,” Carol said grouchily.
Johanna Lindsey That Perfect Someone 2010
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“I told you before,” she said grouchily, and Annika interrupted her.
Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010
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“You come to make a sales pitch?” he asked grouchily.
Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010
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“I told you before,” she said grouchily, and Annika interrupted her.
Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010
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“No, I just thought you might have come to your senses and begged off from that invitation,” Carol said grouchily.
Johanna Lindsey That Perfect Someone 2010
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"Yes, I did, obviously," he says, as though I am grouchily missing the gag.
Johann Hari: Kidnapped, Raped, Married: The Extraordinary Rebellion of Ethiopia's Abducted Wives 2010
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“No, I just thought you might have come to your senses and begged off from that invitation,” Carol said grouchily.
Johanna Lindsey That Perfect Someone 2010
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"Yes, I did, obviously," he says, as though I am grouchily missing the gag.
Kidnapped, Raped, Married: The Extraordinary Rebellion of Ethiopia's Abducted Wives 2010
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“No, I just thought you might have come to your senses and begged off from that invitation,” Carol said grouchily.
Johanna Lindsey That Perfect Someone 2010
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