querulously

1. 1.

   in a peevish manner

   Synonymspeevishlyfractiously

Questions about querulously

What does querulously mean?

querulously means "in a peevish manner".

How many syllables are in querulously?

querulously has 4 syllables: que-ru-lou-sly. The stress falls on "ru".

What is another word for querulously?

Close synonyms include peevishly, fractiously. 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 querulously a common word?

querulously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.