Warder cut in crabbily before Mr. Dunworthy could answer. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
'You call this a seafood platter?' said Melissa crabbily. From Wordnik.com. ['Whaddya mean, no adverbs?' asked Tom swiftly.] Reference
I swore crabbily to myself, and started to head downstairs to the other bathroom. From Wordnik.com. [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference
And when Mr. Clark showed up, reeking of cigarettes and crabbily asking, “You do realize your seats are inside the classroom, right?”. From Wordnik.com. [Perfect You] Reference
Several bathtub rotations later we crabbily assemble in Jasmine's Chrysler, a mammoth secret-service-white number with a blackout windshield. From Wordnik.com. [Shampoo Planet]
There is a weedy class of establishments in and around the most heavily touristed areas (especially near San Marco, the train station and Piazzale Roma) that provide overpriced, lazily-cooked, and crabbily-served food. From Wordnik.com. [Veniceblog:] Reference
On Wednesday Flintoff had batted responsibly but crabbily. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
I crabbily lectured my college-age son when an ingrown toenail was fixed out-of-network. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Although Noah was still tired and a little crabby, he ate dinner, and not too crabbily went to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [LizaWasHere] Reference
Robin Tunney's hard-boiled Teresa Lisbon is a sour delight, crabbily in charge of her team without ever devolving into shrewish bossy-lady caricature. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
WSB Forums - with more than 28,000 posts in nearly 2,000 topics, to date - have been a place for West Seattleites to help each other, as well as a place to discuss myriad topics (sometimes cheerily, sometimes crabbily, seldom boringly). From Wordnik.com. [West Seattle Blog...] Reference
Other formats include Wellerisms, from the Pickwick Papers character Sam Weller: "So I see," said the blind man as he picked up a hammer and saw; and Tom Swifties (from the series of Tom Swift books in the early 1900s): "Pass me the shellfish," Tom said crabbily. From Wordnik.com. [Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune] Reference
In this weather your food will stay fresh far longer, that's a help, and you must try to give him milk from my ewe as well as water,” she lectured crabbily. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
“Oh, now you come over,” Theresa said crabbily, not turning from her work, which, now that I was closer, I could tell was hanging out to dry all the rags she’d used in cleaning the mess I had missed helping to make the night before. From Wordnik.com. [Hoopi Shoopi Donna] Reference
I wanted dinner tonight, I thought crabbily. From Wordnik.com. [Futures Imperfect]
Watch Jessica Harper ( 'Suspiria') cook crabbily. From Wordnik.com. [Fangirltastic] Reference
I thought crabbily. From Wordnik.com. [Confession] Reference
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