curmudgeonly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
curmudgeon + -ly
Adjective[edit]
curmudgeonly (comparative curmudgeonlier or more curmudgeonly, superlative curmudgeonliest or most curmudgeonly)
- Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish
- 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC[1]:
- In A League of Their Own (1992), as the shouty baseball coach to an all-girls team, he's once again a curmudgeonly but lovable mentor figure.
Translations[edit]
churlish
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