Crossword-Solution: CROSSLY 7 letters, 8 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

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Word Word Type Definition
Crossly adv. Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully;
with ill humor.

We have 8 clues for the answer “CROSSLY”

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"Bad music," said Milton ___ 1 answer
Crankily 1 answer
How some rebukes are made 1 answer
In a grumpy way 1 answer
irritably 1 answer
With ill humor 2 answers
In an angry manner 3 answers
In an angry way 3 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATEER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CROSSLY (5)

Empty beer bottles stood on the movable rack where the instruments were kept; plates and napkins were upon the seat of the operating chair and upon the stand of shelves in the corner, side by side with the concertina and the volumes of “Allen's Practical Dentist.” The canary woke and chittered crossly, his feathers puffed out; the husks of tamales littered the floor; the stone pug dog sitting before the little stove stared at the unusual scene, his glass eyes starting from their sockets.
McTeague Frank Norris 2006
Annoyed at being so unceremoniously disturbed from his deep sleep, the husband crossly asked why she had awakened him so roughly.
Myths and Legends of the Sioux Marie L. McLaughlin 1995
There are too many delicatessens here now." She went on more rapidly and the old man resumed his sweeping, muttering crossly into his long, white beard.
The Fortune Hunter David Graham Phillips 1996
Its shutters, for the first time in perhaps a year, were open; the mud daubers that had built in the crevices between shutters and sills, fancying they would never be disturbed, were buzzing crossly about their ruined homes.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise David Graham Phillips 2006
Both Runolf and Kettle besought Thrain that he would make up his quarrel with Njal's sons; but he said he would never pay any money, and answered crossly, for he said he thought himself quite a match for Njal's sons wherever they met.
Njal's Saga Unknown Icelanders 2004

Quotes with CROSSLY (3)

Must you go? I was rather hoping you'd stay and be a ministering angel, but if you must go, you must.""I'll stay," Will said a bit crossly, and threw himself down in the armchair Tessa had just vacated. "I can minister angelically.""None too convincingly. And you're not as pretty to look at as Tessa is," Jem said, closing his eyes as he leaned back against the pillow." How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of the sun." Je…
Cassandra Clare Clockwork Angel
Jessica, you are a pain in the arse, do you know that? If I were not so immensely fond of you, I should throw you out the window." She wrapped her arms about his waist and laid her head against his chest. "Not merely 'fond,' but 'immensely fond.' Oh Dain, I do believe I shall swoon.""Not now," he said crossly. "I haven't time to pick you up.
Loretta Chase Lord of Scoundrels
So you actually need spectacles,” Leo finally said.“Of course I do,” Marks said crossly. “Why would I wear spectacles if I didn’t need them?”“I thought they might be part of your disguise.”“My disguise?”“Yes, Marks, disguise. A noun describing a means of concealing someone’s identity. Often used by clowns and spies. And now apparently governesses. Good God, can anything be ordinary for my family?
Lisa Kleypas Married By Morning
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Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.

Used 11 times in crossword archives (1970–2025).