Definition of "curmudgeonly" [cur•mudg•eon•ly]

• Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish (adjective)

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• "It speaks, a little, to me as an affirmation the we (or maybe just I) are more optimistic than pessimistic, which is a bit of a stretch for someone that has been described as curmudgeonly since the age of about 18 or so."
• "Veteran TV and stage actor Eric Peterson - best known as the curmudgeonly Oscar Leroy on"
• "We don't seem to be all that filled with holiday spirit around here, but I'm kind of curmudgeonly about that anyway except around my family, so I kind of don't mind ..."