0 in an annoyed or angry way: --
"He's so unreliable!" she said crossly.
She turned and whisked crossly out of the room.
He said it rather crossly, for his nerves were what he called edgy, and the girl still irritated him.
He turned away to hang up his overcoat and tried to speak crossly.
It was soon evident that the old man was an unwelcome guest, for even the bartender looked at him crossly.
It looked so eager, so hungry, she told herself crossly, to be early.
And he had been such a brute to snap her up so crossly!
Only once did he speak crossly to the monkey, and that was when he put him into the cage preparatory to commencing his morning's work.
There had been times when they had spoken crossly.
