querulouslyadv.
/ˈkwɛr(j)ᵿləsli/, U.S. /ˈkwɛrələsli/ In a querulous manner, complainingly; plaintively, peevishly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adverb] > peevishly or querulously
querulously1646
whiningly1664
1646 Bp. J. Hall Balme of Gilead 292 Whiles we doe thus querulously aggravate the incommodities of age, we must beware lest we derogate from the bounty of our Maker.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 147 Querulously accusing her for playing with her own gifts.
1691 T. Heyrick Misc. Poems 59 Gray hairs we pray for, yet when they are come, We querulously curse our Doom.
1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) vi. 138 His wounded ears complaints eternal fill, As unoil'd hinges, querulously shrill.
1798 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population xviii. 379 Let us not querulously complain that all climates are not equally genial.
1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 58 Objections..captiously urged, and querulously maintained.
1883 T. Martin Life Ld. Lyndhurst xiv. 366 [They] complained almost querulously of the bitterness of Lord Lyndhurst's invectives.
1896 J. Conrad Outcast of Islands i. iii. 31 She sat..the child crying querulously in her arms.
1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 54/2 A grille in the gate was slid back and the voice of an old man asked querulously: ‘Who is there?’
1977 E. Figes Nelly's Version i. xiii. 115 ‘How long do I have to wait like this?’ she asked querulously.
1996 George Feb.–Mar. 133/1 ‘Now they're all going to have to wear IFBs in their ears,’ she says querulously.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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