adverb
- in an angry, irritable, or bad-tempered manner
Usage: formal or literary
Examples
- He responded cholerically to the minor criticism, raising his voice immediately.
- She spoke cholerically about the delays, her frustration evident in every word.
- The manager reacted cholerically when the deadline was missed.
- He gestured cholerically as he complained about the service.
- She cholerically dismissed the suggestion without considering it.