Interjection

(en interjection)

(US) (An expression of annoyance or surprise)

* {{quote-book, 1946, , Holdfast Gaines, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=oWUuAAAAIAAJ&q=%2Bcriminently, page=343

, passage="Criminently !" Bean's voice rang out so that all the listening room could hear him. "They's baout thutty slant-eyed rats in hyar

* {{quote-book, 1985, , Death is a Lonely Business, page=198, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=WUxaAAAAMAAJ&q=%2Bcriminently

, passage="Criminently ," said Crumley. "Look at the mob."}}

* {{quote-book, 2005, , chapter=The Big Game, title=Mister Paradise and other one-act plays, page=101, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Fk28ojnUbBkC&pg=PA101

, passage=I wanta take a look at the stars''! JOE [astonished]: At the stars! Criminently ! Is ''that all?}}