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crabbily — crabby ► ADJECTIVE (crabbier, crabbiest) ▪ bad tempered; morose. DERIVATIVES crabbily adverb crabbiness noun … English terms dictionary
crabbily — adverb In a crabby manner … Wiktionary
crabbily — adv. in an irritated manner, disagreeably … English contemporary dictionary
crabbily — crabbˈily adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑crabbed … Useful english dictionary
crabby — crabbily, adv. crabbiness, n. /krab ee/, adj., crabbier, crabbiest. Informal. grouchy; ill natured; irritable; peevish. [1540 50; CRAB3 + Y1] * * * … Universalium
Tom Swifty — A Tom Swifty (or Tom Swiftie) is a phrase in which a quoted sentence is linked by a pun to the manner in which it is attributed. Tom Swifties may be considered a type of Wellerism.Examples include: * Pass me the shellfish, said Tom crabbily. *… … Wikipedia
crabbiness — See crabbily. * * * … Universalium
crabby — adjective (crabbier, crabbiest) bad tempered; irritable. Derivatives crabbily adverb crabbiness noun … English new terms dictionary
briefly — adv 1. momentarily, temporarily, shortly, swiftly, briskly, suddenly, quickly; hastily, cursorily, perfunctorily, hurriedly. 2. concisely, succinctly, straightforwardly, emphatically, pointedly, directly; condensedly, compressedly, contractedly,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
crabby — /ˈkræbi/ (say krabee) adjective (crabbier, crabbiest) irritable. –crabbily, adverb –crabbiness, noun …
