What does peevishly mean?
Peevishly means In a peevish manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a peevish manner..
"See / Or shut your eyes," said Nature peevishly, / "It nothing skills: I cannot help my case: / 'Tis the Last Judgment's fire must cure this place, / Calcine its clods and set my prisoners free."
His uncles peevishly claimed the paper.
Seated in a kitchen chair, and rasping at his scorched shoulders, he said peevishly, "By ginger, it gives a man the willies, left alone in a place like this all day."
Use peevishly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Peevishly means In a peevish manner..
Common synonyms include fractiously, querulously.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"See / Or shut your eyes," said Nature peevishly, / "It nothing skills: I cannot help my case: / 'Tis the Last Judgment's fire must cure this place, / Calcine its clods and set my prisoners free."
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