Definition of Cantankerously

1. Adverb. In a bad mood. "He answered her cantankerously"

Partainyms: Cantankerous

Definition of Cantankerously

1. Adverb. In a cantankerous manner. ¹

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Definition of Cantankerously

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cantankerously

cant strip
cantabile
cantabiles
cantal
cantala
cantalas
cantalope
cantaloup
cantaloupe
cantaloupe vine
cantaloupes
cantaloupey
cantaloups
cantals
cantankerous
cantankerously (current term)
cantankerousness
cantar
cantars
cantata
cantatas
cantate
cantates
cantation
cantations
cantatory
cantatrice
cantatrices
cantatrici
cantdog

Literary usage of Cantankerously

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1899)
""Well, it does seem to me that you are most cantankerously particular about a little thing, Sim Robinson. Why, when I can't remember a thing myself, ..."

2. Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne): A Biography and Bibliography by Don Carlos Seitz (1919)
"... no matter how cantankerously the gale might shriek. Captain Wright was a thorough seaman, but a man of few words. Born when quite small, ..."

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