• (RP) IPA: /ˈkwɛɹ.ʊ.ləs.li/, /ˈkwɛɹ.jʊ.ləs.li/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈkwɛɹ.jə.ləs.li/

querulously

1. With grumble#Verb|grumbling, complaining, or whine#Verb|whining.
   • 1855 December – 1857 June​, Charles Dickens, “What was behind Mr. Pancks on Little Dorrit’s Hand”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, OCLC 83401042 ↗, book the first (Poverty), page 313 ↗:

     It was his last demonstration for that time; as, after shedding some more tears and querulously complaining that he couldn't breathe, he slowly fell into a slumber.

   • 1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Science of Deduction”, in A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, 3rd edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., […], published 1892, OCLC 84167364 ↗, part I (Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […]), page 32 ↗:

     "There are no crimes and no criminals in these days," he said, querulously. "What is the use of having brains in our profession. I know well that I have it in me to make my name famous. […]"

   • 1907, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The German Air-fleet”, in The War in the Air: […], London: George Bell and Sons, published 1908, OCLC 472087563 ↗, § 2, page 113 ↗:

     "I wish to 'eaven I 'adn't these silly sandals on," he cried querulously to the universe. "They give the whole blessed show away."

   • 1956, Andre Norton, chapter XVII, in Plague Ship:

     "If we're heroes," Dane asked a little querulously, "what are we doing locked up here?"

• (with grumbling) fretfully, peevishly, whiningly

• querulous
• querulousness