I understand that, and it would be curmudgeonly to press the point too hard.
A mean and curmudgeonly attitude will not be in our best interests.
It would not be in my nature to be curmudgeonly.
Instead of a pro-euro speech we got the usual curmudgeonly stuff about there being no fudge on the five economic tests and no quick fix.
Therefore, we know that we cannot respond, like some leader writers, in a curmudgeonly or grudging manner.
So let us not be curmudgeonly about this.
I think that they are being extremely curmudgeonly.
It is curmudgeonly and silly to do otherwise.
