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QUERULOUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does querulously mean?
• QUERULOUSLY (adverb)
The adverb QUERULOUSLY has 1 sense:
1. in a peevish manner
Familiarity information: QUERULOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a peevish manner
Synonyms:
fractiously; peevishly; querulously
Pertainym:
querulous (habitually complaining)
Context examples
His Chinese house is by the fire; and he lies within it, on his bed of flannel, querulously trying to sleep.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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