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English
Etymology
From complaining + -ly.
Adverb
complainingly (comparative more complainingly, superlative most complainingly)
- In a complaining manner; peevishly.
1886, Robert Louis Stephenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:A voice answered from within: "tell him I cannot see anyone," it said, complainingly.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 93:Tucking into rissoles of rice, bacon, and potatoes served up on fried bread, he said complainingly, "By ginger, Mudgy, you do go off the handle over nothing. I tell you straight, I was damned annoyed with you this afternoon, going pop like that at a man over nothing."