0 in a way that shows you think something is wrong or not satisfactory:
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.
