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Definition of Querulously
1. Adverb. In a peevish manner.
Definition of Querulously
1. Adverb. With grumbling, complaining, or whining. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Querulously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Querulously
Literary usage of Querulously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of Ireland: Three Fragments by Duald Mac Firbis, Duald MacFirbis, John O'Donovan, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique (1860)
"... used great violence in levying the rent, and offered great insult to the
Leinster-men. The Leinster-men consequently went querulously to ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"querulously ; with complaint. QUERIST, (kwe'-riat) ii. s. Ai. enquirer; an asker
of questions ... querulously, (kwer-ru-lus-le) ad. In a complaining manner. ..."
3. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"The sour-faced woman offers her assistance to litt the full bucket on its arrival
from the well, but is repulsed querulously. And the dkl fellow hooks it ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1862)
"Some querulously high, some softly, sadly ' We know not,—what avails to know 1 We
... And taking up the word, around, above, below, Some querulously high, ..."
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