half-grumblingly

Updated: June 24, 2025

But although the sport was good, it was uneventful; there were no thrilling adventures or hairbreadth escapes to record, due, so Mildmay half-grumblingly asserted, to the fact that their weapons were so perfect that the poor animals had no chance to show sport.

Harry Collingwood - With Airship and Submarine: A Tale of Adventure