Examples of complainingly

• "You took your time, didn't you?" Geoff said complainingly.

• Bismarck once remarked rather complainingly that his son had not advanced as rapidly as he had hoped.

• This probably helped me tolerate discomfort less complainingly later on in life.

• These trains are still comparatively empty, and the railway company refers to the fact complainingly that the people do not use them.

• We talk of the drift from the land; we talk complainingly about it as if it were a bad thing.