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  • adverb In a whiny way.

Etymologies

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whiny +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Oh but I agree with others that you do express this so eloquently and non-whinily.

    Worn kittenpie 2009

  • So, my friend, congratulations on lighting a fire for your cause in this hyper-partisan time and becoming the hero of the day for an aggrieved conservative movement -- a movement which was known in William F. Buckley's day for advocating for a strong, conservative future rather than whinily trading in their beer & whiskey for weak tea and sad sack complaints of powerlessness.

    Donnie Fowler: An Open Letter to J. Christian Adams, the Black Panthers' Nemesis & My Law School Classmate 2010

  • It is presented less smugly, less whinily, and never from a victim mentality. rich

    Talk Radio: Who is listening? 2009

  • Lileks criticized Pax for whinily nitpicking at those who did stand up to Saddam.

    November 2003 2003

  • That's the difference between men and women, I angrily (and, yes, whinily) thought: the damn social thing-we can't live without it, but we're the ones who have to do it.

    Women: Beware The Dreaded Thank-You Note 2002

  • I don't really want to whinily rant about my gym again so I'll say something nice about the gym instead: it's open whenever I want to go there, except for when it's not, which is only sometimes.

    Baltiblogs 2009

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