Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a pettish manner; with a freak of ill temper.
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- adverb In a
pettish manner;peevishly .
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- adverb in a petulant manner
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Examples
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Young birds called pettishly for food from the bushes.
Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Richard Jefferies 1867
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“Yes, and Flanders also lies in that direction,” Minta agreed pettishly.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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“You cannot wish to be married,” she said, a tad pettishly.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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“You cannot wish to be married,” she said, a tad pettishly.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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“Yes, and Flanders also lies in that direction,” Minta agreed pettishly.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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“Yes, and Flanders also lies in that direction,” Minta agreed pettishly.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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"Why didn't you bring her?" he demanded pettishly.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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Her expression as she pumps the last rounds into Hammond's already dying body--then tosses the revolver pettishly aside when it runs out of ammo--is ice cold; her explanation "He tried to make love to me and I shot him" is a lie, and she knows it.
Roundup Lisa Hirsch 2009
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“I am not — I am not — I am not wise,” replied the horticulturist, pettishly, and stopping his ears with his fingers — “I was never called wise but when men wanted to engage me in some action of notorious folly.”
The Abbot 2008
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“Oh, remember — remember,” said the old man pettishly;
The Abbot 2008
hernesheir commented on the word pettishly
CD&C says with a freak of ill temper.
December 4, 2011