carping
adjective
characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding; querulous.
carpingly
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a word derived from
carping.
Example Sentences
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Even this small credit he awards grudgingly and carpingly.
From The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 by Various
You will never get Mortimer to go," his mother had said carpingly, "but if he once goes he'll stay; Yessney throws almost as much a spell over him as Town does.
From The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki
