Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a cantankerous manner; ill-naturedly; waspishly; crossly.
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- adverb In a
cantankerous manner.
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- adverb in a bad mood
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Examples
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One could be reminded of John Kennedy Toole's cantankerously amusing character, Ignatius J.
Stuart Whatley: 'War on Christmas' Comes to the Fore Stuart Whatley 2010
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One could be reminded of John Kennedy Toole's cantankerously amusing character, Ignatius J.
Stuart Whatley: 'War on Christmas' Comes to the Fore Stuart Whatley 2010
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One could be reminded of John Kennedy Toole's cantankerously amusing character, Ignatius J.
Stuart Whatley: 'War on Christmas' Comes to the Fore Stuart Whatley 2010
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One could be reminded of John Kennedy Toole's cantankerously amusing character, Ignatius J.
Stuart Whatley: 'War on Christmas' Comes to the Fore Stuart Whatley 2010
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One could be reminded of John Kennedy Toole's cantankerously amusing character, Ignatius J.
Stuart Whatley: 'War on Christmas' Comes to the Fore Stuart Whatley 2010
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So, am I getting ever more cantankerously cranky as I get older ... or are kids just getting increasingly annoying?
mrbradley Diary Entry mrbradley 2009
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He was often cantankerously teasing the security people.
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This makes Shia concerns at once religious and political, and they will prove cantankerously independent of the Iranian mullahs.
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The only big idea available for Tories in recent years-Euro-scepticism-both divided them and made them look cantankerously constitutional.
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The only big idea available for Tories in recent years-Euro-scepticism-both divided them and made them look cantankerously constitutional.
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