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Definition of Pettishly
1. Adverb. In a petulant manner. "He said testily; `Go away!'"
Definition of Pettishly
1. Adverb. In a pettish manner; peevishly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pettishly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pettishly
Literary usage of Pettishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"Of course I don't," said she, pettishly. " I'm talking of Pracontal. I'm sure he
sings — he says not, or only for himself; and so I told him he must sing ..."
2. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1843)
"... wliich orders were rattier pettishly communicated by hei majesty through tlie
faithful secretary, in this utile billet:— ..."
3. One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on the Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm / by the by Thomas Manton (1845)
"... yet they are brethren notwithstanding that disclaim ; and how pettishly and
frowardly soever they carry themselves in their differences, ..."
4. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1870)
"She drew back pettishly at this scheme, but it was shown to her that her stay
was to be under quite altered conditions. She was to have a room to herself, ..."
5. On the Face of the Waters: A Tale of the Mutiny by Flora Annie Webster Steel (1897)
"My dear sir," interrupted the other pettishly. ... echoed the civilian pettishly.
"What can a man of the stamp you say he is want with Delhi? ..."
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