stroppily
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stroppily — adverb Thesaurus: words used to describe someone who is easily annoyed or difficult to pleasesynonym Main entry: stroppy … Useful english dictionary
stroppily — See: stroppy … English dictionary
stroppy — adjective (stroppier, stroppiest) Brit. informal bad tempered and argumentative. Derivatives stroppily adverb stroppiness noun Origin 1950s: perh. an abbrev. of obstreperous … English new terms dictionary
stroppy — adjective BrE informal bad tempered and easily offended or annoyed: Aaron, we won t go anywhere if you re going to be stroppy! stroppily adverb stroppiness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
stroppy — UK [ˈstrɒpɪ] / US [ˈstrɑpɪ] adjective Word forms stroppy : adjective stroppy comparative stroppier superlative stroppiest British informal a stroppy person gets angry very easily and is difficult to talk to Derived word: stroppily adverb … English dictionary
stroppy — adj. (stroppier, stroppiest) Brit. colloq. bad tempered; awkward to deal with. Derivatives: stroppily adv. stroppiness n. Etymology: 20th c.: perh. abbr. of OBSTREPEROUS … Useful english dictionary
