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querulously

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quer·u·lous  (kwr-ls, kwry-)
adj.
1. Given to complaining; peevish.
2. Expressing a complaint or grievance; grumbling: a querulous voice; querulous comments.
[Middle English querulose, litigious, quarrelsome, from Old French querelos, from Late Latin querulsus, querulous, from Latin querulus, from quer, to complain; see kwes- in Indo-European roots.]
queru·lous·ly adv.
queru·lous·ness n.
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Adv.1.querulously - in a peevish manner
fractiously, peevishly
Translations
querulously [ˈkwerʊləslɪ] ADV → quejumbrosamente; [say] → en tono quejumbroso
querulously
adv → nörglerisch, missmutig
querulously [ˈkwɛrʊləslɪ] adv → in tono querulo
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