Definitions

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  • adverb In a stroppy way.

Etymologies

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stroppy +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Business class is 15 snappy irked souls, hissing at stroppily overdressed toddlers and kicking too much matched suede luggage with a pursed fury.

    Top stories from Times Online 2009

  • Business class is 15 snappy irked souls, hissing at stroppily overdressed toddlers and kicking too much matched suede luggage with a pursed fury.

    Top stories from Times Online 2009

  • Rubbish collectors stroppily decline to take away your bins if they are an inch out of place.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • "Maia is perfectly safe - 'Aelianus began stroppily.

    A Body In The Bath House Davis, Lindsey 2001

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