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pettishly

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

  1. in a petulant manner

Word origin

From pettish + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • Lady Mary turned pettishly away; no woman likes anybody but herself to depreciate a lover; it is personally an ill compliment.
  • "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.
  • `Why did you keep me standing there in the cold?' he asked pettishly.

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