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curˈmudgeonly, a.
[f. prec. + -ly1.]
Of the nature of, or characteristic of, a curmudgeon; miserly, niggardly, churlish.
1590R. W. 3 Lords & 3 Ladies Lond. in Hazl. Dodsley VI. 380, I care not for him [Wealth], curmudgeonly swad. 1594Nashe Terrors of Nt. E iij, Come a woing to them in the likenes of a cooper or a curmogionly purchaser. 1776Foote Bankrupt i. Wks. 1799 II. 99 These curmudgeonly cits regard no ties, no obligations. 1886Sat. Rev. 19 June 845/1 The curmudgeonly jealousy and Trade-Unionism of some practitioners.
So curˈmudgeonly adv. (rare.)
1879G. Meredith Egoist xxxvi, She vowed it was done curmudgeonly to vex her. |