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Crustily   Listen
adverb
Crustily  adv.  In a crusty or surly manner; morosely.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Crustily" Quotes from Famous Books



... next, what he would like to have for his supper. Exhausted by the waiting battle, he answered briefly: he was not hungry; if he could be left alone again, with the assurance that no one would come to disturb him, it was all he would ask. He tried to say it crustily, with the irritable impatience of the convalescent—dissembling again. But the young woman with a self-sacrificial career in view had lost none of her womanly gift of ...
— The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush • Francis Lynde

... moment contemplating the dingy atmosphere before she stepped forth to depart. During these ominous preparations, a smart sailor-looking man, whose fear of his mistress' displeasure had probably overcome his dread of the supernatural, placed himself between me and the maiden, and taking her by the arm, crustily told me that if I could point out the way, he was prepared to follow;—rather a puzzling matter for a stranger, who scarcely knew whether his way lay right or left from the very threshold. Thus admirably qualified for a guide, I agreed to make the ...
— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) • John Roby



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