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COMPLAININGLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does complainingly mean?
• COMPLAININGLY (adverb)
The adverb COMPLAININGLY has 1 sense:
1. with complaints
Familiarity information: COMPLAININGLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
With complaints
Context example:
she did her work, but she did so complainingly
Antonym:
uncomplainingly (without complaining)
Pertainym:
complaining (expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment)
Context examples
A voice answered from within: “Tell him I cannot see anyone,” it said complainingly.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The eyes, weasel-like and cruel, were looking at him complainingly.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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