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grumpily

/ɡɹˈʌmpili/ adv

In a grumpy manner; in a cranky manner.

Word Origin Grumpily comes from the word grump, a 19th-century English coinage for 'ill-humor, bad temper.' It's probably imitative of grumbling sounds. The adjective grumpy adds -y, and grumpily is the adverb. The whole family — grump, grumpy, grumpiness — all revolve around being irritable. A fun, expressive word with no ancient roots, just a grumpy sound.

adv In a grumpy manner; in a cranky manner.

The old man grumpily muttered about the noisy children playing outside his window.

(副词) 脾气暴躁地；怒气冲冲地

老人暴躁地嘟囔着窗外吵闹的孩子们。

(adverbio) malhumoradamente; de mal humor; refunfuñando; agriamente [De mal humor; de manera irritable.]

El anciano refunfuñó de mal humor sobre los niños ruidosos que jugaban fuera de su ventana.

(adverbe) grognonnement; maussadement; d'un air grognon; bougonnement; d'un air maussade [D'une manière maussade, avec mauvaise humeur.]

Le vieil homme marmonnait **grincheusement** contre les enfants bruyants qui jouaient sous sa fenêtre.

(Adverb) mürrisch; grantig; griesgrämig [**grumpily** *Adv.*: Auf mürrische, gereizte oder verdrießliche Weise.]

Der alte Mann brummte **grumpily** über die lauten Kinder, die vor seinem Fenster spielten.

(副詞) 不機嫌な様子で; 気難しく。

老人は窓の外で遊ぶ騒がしい子供たちについて不機嫌にぶつぶつ文句を言っていた。

(advérbio) rabugentamente; mal-humoradamente; de mau humor [De maneira rabugenta; de forma irritada.]

O velho resmungou irritado sobre as crianças barulhentas que brincavam do lado de fora de sua janela.

Synonyms: crankily irritably peevishly sullenly morosely surlily Antonyms: cheerfully happily pleasantly cheerily
Word parts: grump + y + ly

Related words

grump grumpy grumpiness

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