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[ adverb ] in a petulant manner

Synonyms

petulantly testily pettishly

Examples

"he said testily `Go away!'"

Used in print

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

`` People automatically assume that I 'm in college '' , a nineteen year old machinist observed irritably .

Related terms

cranky cranky cranky cranky cranky

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[ adverb ] in an irritable manner

Examples

"she had become irritably exact"

Used in print

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

He had noticed how formal and irritably exact Rachel had grown .

Related terms

cranky cranky

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irritable irritability

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