What does grumblingly mean?
Grumblingly means While or as if grumbling.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
While or as if grumbling.
But they went off disappointed, and grumblingly.
This threat being dramatically capped by the click of a cocking pistol, 'Frisco Kid obeyed and went grumblingly back to the cockpit. "
Amy grumblingly agreed to give the stream another chance to behave itself.
He looked down at her, and her eagreness softened him, so that he took her by the hand and said grumblingly, 'Oh well, if it means so much to you, come along.'
Use grumblingly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Grumblingly means While or as if grumbling.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But they went off disappointed, and grumblingly.
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