0 in an annoyed or complaining way:
He crabbily lit a cigarette while the rest of the band prepared the equipment.
"How will you get up at six?" she asked crabbily.
"Nobody warned me that getting old would involve this sort of thing," he said, crabbily.
"No!" snapped Rosemary rather crabbily.
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May 10, 2021
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