grouchily

1. 1.

   in an ill-natured manner

   “she looked at her husband crossly”

   Synonymscrosslygrumpily

Questions about grouchily

What does grouchily mean?

grouchily means "in an ill-natured manner".

How many syllables are in grouchily?

grouchily has 3 syllables: grou-chi-ly. The stress falls on "grou".

What is another word for grouchily?

Close synonyms include crossly, grumpily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grouchily a common word?

grouchily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.