curmudgeonly

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I don't want to sound curmudgeonly, and I normally don't really care about accessibility, but for god's sake, somebody teach these guys about the tag!

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  1. Like a curmudgeon; avaricious; niggardly; churlish. My curmudgeonly Mother won't allow me wherewithal to be Man of myself with. Wycherley, Plain Dealer, iii. 1. These curmudgeonly cits regard no ties. Foote, The Bankrupt, i.

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  • The resulting film—memorably starring a Golden Globe-nominated Walter Matthau as a curmudgeonly CIA agent out to embarrass his paper-pushing superiors—was a hit with critics and moviegoers alike. —  AHMM,October2007
  • Franklin looked a bit sour and curmudgeonly, maybe not someone Ray would ever want to know, but certainly not the spineless craven of Valle's fashioning. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 04 - April 1996
  • ‘He was – and a more difficult, curmudgeonly, cheese-paring old party I’ve yet to find. —  My Bones Will Keep - Gladys Mitchell- Bradley 35
  • The film, which stars Eastwood as a curmudgeonly Korean war veteran forced to interact with the Asian families in his community, took £1.35 million to debut in second at the UK box office. —  ContactMusic Ltd | Latest News
  • I suppose I'm getting more curmudgeonly, such that I cringe upon hearing a congregation warble what sounds dandy when crooned by an individual over the airwaves, but seems corny and too "me-and-Jesus" for corporate worship. —  WORLD Magazine | Community
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