Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a whining manner.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a whining manner; in a tone of mean complaint.

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  • adverb With a whining sound.

Etymologies

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whining +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • "How do I explain that to the Council of the Great Mothers?" said Maixpe whiningly to the eldest son of the Cokaze clan.

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  • The way insurance company executives whiningly explain that they only take 16% off the top of premiums for their work show us that they know this.

    The Elephant in the Room: My Meeting With Senator Baucus 2009

  • And - she says whiningly - we love our lives the way they are now!

    big step forward 2005

  • You will notice that the older generation of Chinese current parents, I guess you could say isn't so whiningly vocal, and they have far more reason to bitch, I feel, than the current protesters.

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  • And - she says whiningly - we love our lives the way they are now!

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  • The answer is given whiningly, and in a thin voice.

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  • For a second, as I went over the lip of the tower into the abyss of night, I thought I felt Smoke whiningly trying to shy away from the tower.

    She Is The Darkness Cook, Glen 1997

  • "You want to remember I'm an American," he was saying whiningly.

    The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long

  • Then he turned toward Hugh, to say, almost whiningly:

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  • To avoid payment, he would always promise generously; but, when it came to drawing a check, he whiningly protested that five hundred was five, three hundred three, and so on.

    The Scarlet Feather Houghton Townley

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