querulously

Adverb

1. With grumbling, complaining, or whining.
   • 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. - 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “What...
   • "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.[…]" - 1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle,...
   • "I wish to 'eaven I 'adn't these silly sandals on," he cried querulously to the universe. "They give the whole blessed show away." - 1907, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The German Air-fleet”, in The War in the Air: […],...