Pettishly

Quick meaning: Pettishly is an adverb meaning In a pettish manner; peevishly.

Meaning

In a pettish manner; peevishly.

Example Sentences

`Why did you keep me standing there in the cold?' he asked pettishly.

Lady Mary turned pettishly away; no woman likes anybody but herself to depreciate a lover; it is personally an ill compliment.

[S]he complained pettishly of the heat and the flies and at length of the walk, and reduced Robert to the antics of an obsequious dog.

"You are very dull this morning, Sheriff," said the youngest daughter of the house, who, being the baby and pretty, had grown pettishly privileged in speech.

Synonyms for pettishly

Depending on context, synonyms include irritably, petulantly, testily.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include testily, irritably, petulantly, peevishly, pettily, complainingly.

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