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- adverb In a
cranky manner.
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Examples
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“The bridge of cooperation has been washed out,” said Republican Pat Roberts of Kansas crankily, as Lincoln nudged the bill through committee.
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An often More … outrageous and always crankily independent writer and traveler, Norman Douglas spent much of his life outside of England, living in Florence, Capri and the south of France (New York Times).
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She hires a Mandarin teacher and, later, a personal trainer, crankily coming to terms with this two-year crack in time where people smoke and blow their noses without using a handkerchief.
Susan Conley's 'Good Fortune': Riveting memoir about being American in China 2011
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Except James is complaining crankily that The Minors have their mothers there though, he snarks that "Idol" "isn't a competition for stage moms" and then lets go with a piercing high note to disrupt their rehearsal.
'American Idol' 2011 continues Hollywood Week [update -- video] Lisa de Moraes 2011
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An often More … outrageous and always crankily independent writer and traveler, Norman Douglas spent much of his life outside of England, living in Florence, Capri and the south of France (New York Times).
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She hires a Mandarin teacher and, later, a personal trainer, crankily coming to terms with this two-year crack in time where people smoke and blow their noses without using a handkerchief.
Susan Conley's 'Good Fortune': Riveting memoir about being American in China 2011
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And while this concert was not one for the ages, no one would ever accuse the crankily alive Jones of sleepwalking through a set.
Michael Giltz: Music: Rickie Lee Jones Swashbuckles Through "Pirates" at City Winery Michael Giltz 2011
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He barely said hello to me or anyone else in the room, pulled out a beat-up Les Paul Jr. (back then a guitar considered junk; of course, they now go for almost $10,000), plugged into his amp, turned to the other three, and crankily and somewhat groggily demanded "What're we doin '?" as if he'd been waiting on them for over an hour.
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"I feel like I'm in elementary school," I wrote crankily in my notebook at one point.
A critic raves: Post reviewer Celia Wren dives into Fringe in 'The Rave Scenes' 2010
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Press Secretary Robert Gibbs crankily lectured the press corps this week that the latest $50 billion Mr. Obama wants to "spur" the economy is absolutely not a "stimulus."
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