grumblingly

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English

Etymology

From grumbling +‎ -ly.

Adverb

grumblingly (comparative more grumblingly, superlative most grumblingly)

While or as if grumbling
- 1851, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers‎:
  But they went off disappointed, and grumblingly.
- 1902, Jack London, The Cruise of the Dazzler‎:
  This threat being dramatically capped by the click of a cocking pistol, 'Frisco Kid obeyed and went grumblingly back to the cockpit. "
- 1915, Ralph Henry Barbour, Left Tackle Thayer‎:
  Amy grumblingly agreed to give the stream another chance to behave itself.
- 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 78:
  He looked down at her, and her eagreness softened him, so that he took her by the hand and said grumblingly, 'Oh well, if it means so much to you, come along.'

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