crossly

Historical Examples

• "You're an awful fool, Lizzie," he said crossly, leaning over the banisters.

  The Foolish Lovers

  St. John G. Ervine

• "Well, he better get a little sense in his head," Adams returned, crossly.

  Alice Adams

  Booth Tarkington

• "You'll have to be here in better time for the twelve train," he said crossly.

  Great Uncle Hoot-Toot

  Mrs. Molesworth

• But I crossly bade him look sharp and say his prayers and not bother me.

  The Golden Age

  Kenneth Grahame

• "I hear you have been teasing Elsa again," she said crossly.

  A Bride of the Plains

  Baroness Emmuska Orczy