pulingly
Definition
- Adverb:
- In a whining or complaining manner: "pulingly" describes an action done with a tone of weak, persistent, and often irritating complaint or entreaty, like a child who whines or cries in a high-pitched, nagging way.
Usage Examples
- (The child whined and complained in a drawn-out, irritating way.)
- (He complained in a weak, persistent manner.)
Advanced Usage
- "to speak pulingly": to utter words with a nasal, whining quality.
- She pulingly begged to stay up past her bedtime. (She pleaded in a whining, high-pitched tone.)
- "to act pulingly": to behave in a way that is marked by constant, slight complaints.
- The employee pulingly requested a raise, making the manager uncomfortable. (The request was made in a nagging, irritating way.)
Variants and Related Words
- Puling (adj): characterized by whining or feeble complaining.
- The puling child refused to eat his vegetables. (The child was whining and complaining weakly.)
- Pule (verb): to whine or complain in a weak, childish way.
- The puppy began to pule when left alone. (The puppy whined softly and persistently.)
Synonyms
- Whiningly: in a manner that expresses complaint or distress with a high-pitched voice.
- Plaintively: in a sad, mournful way, often with a tone of complaint.
- Nasally: in a manner that sounds through the nose, often associated with whining.
Phrasal Verbs
- (No common phrasal verbs with "pulingly" exist. The word is rare and primarily used as a standalone adverb.)
Related Idioms
- "to cry in a puling way": to weep or complain in a weak, irritating manner.
- She cried in a puling way until her parents gave in. (She wept with a persistent, whining tone.)
- "to speak in a puling tone": to use a voice that is high-pitched and complaining.
- He spoke in a puling tone about the unfairness of the test. (His voice was whining and nagging.)