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peevishly

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9 lettersPart of speech adverbSorted eehilpsvyStarts with PEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. in a peevish manner

Word origin

From peevish + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • "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."

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