Cantankerously (Adverb)
Meaning
In a bad mood; "he answered her cantankerously".
Examples
- The old man responded cantankerously to the young waitress when she asked him how his meal was.
- After a long day at work, she answered her husband's questions cantankerously, not wanting to talk about anything.
- The teacher spoke cantankerously to the student who had failed to turn in his homework for the third time that week.
- He grumbled cantankerously about the traffic, the weather, and everything else that was going wrong that day.
- When his favorite team lost the game, he watched the rest of the sports broadcast cantankerously, criticizing every call the referees made.