1. In a bad mood
   "he answered her cantankerously"

See also: cantankerous

• househusband
• housekeep
• housekeeper
• housekeeping
• houseleek
• houselights
• housemaid
• housemaid's knee
• houseman
• housemaster
• housemate
• housemother
• housepaint
• houseplant
• houseroom
• Houses of Parliament
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• housewifely
• housewifery
• housework
• housewrecker
• housey-housey