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At the start, he’s seen dyspeptically punching the tape deck in his convertible, trying to memorize the notes on a Thelonious Monk recording as if they’re times tables.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2020

Less scary than driven and dyspeptically funny, the title character of this mordant comedy is on a mission.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2018

Save for 1989’s Oh Mercy, his first collaboration with producer Daniel Lanois, Dylan’s 1980s records were dyspeptically reviewed and later lumped together as gawkily, half-heartedly crafted detritus.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2014

Why, she wondered, does the Book Review, the last freestanding book section in the nation, so often treat books so dyspeptically?

From The Guardian • Apr. 29, 2013

He spent his days muttering dyspeptically to himself and singing naughty sea chanteys, with the occasional random earsplitting screech thrown in just to make you jump.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly