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grumblingly adverb uk /ˈɡrʌm.bəl.ɪŋ.li/ us /ˈɡrʌm.bəl.ɪŋ.li/ in a low voice that shows that you are not pleased or happy: He grumblingly allowed his brother to borrow his car. "This is not the sandwich I ordered, but I'll eat it anyway," she said grumblingly. The barista grumblingly allowed the man to use the bathroom even though he wasn't a customer. During the press conference, the coach grumblingly acknowledged that his team didn't play as well as they could have. Their father gave in grumblingly and told his children that they could keep the dog unless the owner came forward. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Angry and displeased acridly acrimonious acrimoniously aggrieved amused exasperatedly fed up fed up to the back teethidiom fired up fit to be tiedidiom not be a happy camperidiom outraged peeved piqued pissed off venomous warpath wound up wrathful wrathfully |