cantankerously


can·tan·ker·ous

C0075400 (kăn-tăng′kər-əs)adj.1. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable: disliked her cantankerous landlord.2. Difficult to handle: "had to use liquid helium, which is supercold, costly and cantankerous" (Brad Pokorny).
[Perhaps from Middle English contek, dissension (influenced by such words as rancorous cankerous), from Anglo-Norman contec, possibly from Latin contāctus, past participle of contingere, to touch; see contact.]
can·tan′ker·ous·ly adv.can·tan′ker·ous·ness n.
Thesaurus
Adv.1.cantankerously - in a bad mood; "he answered her cantankerously"