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Definition of Petulantly
1. Adverb. In a petulant manner. "He said testily; `Go away!'"
Definition of Petulantly
1. adv. In a petulant manner.
Definition of Petulantly
1. Adverb. In a manner expressing irritation or annoyance. ¹
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Definition of Petulantly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petulantly
Literary usage of Petulantly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"On which my lady cried petulantly, ' Oh Lord, QUEEN ANNE'S DEAD, I suppose, and
we ain'ta going into mourning for her. QUEEN ANNE'S FAN, subs. phr. (old). ..."
2. Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses Connected with the by Agnes Strickland (1859)
"and petulantly rejected the apple she took from her pocket to please and pacify
his wayward mood. It seems, however, that her name at least was familiar to ..."
3. Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry by William Wirt (1836)
"much chafed by the opposition ; and I once heard him say aloud, and petulantly,
after sustaining a great defeat, that 'if the votes were weighed instead of ..."
4. The haunted man and the ghost's bargain by Charles Dickens (1848)
"... petulantly, " very little ails me." ' A little more surprise, but no reproach,
was expressed in her face, as she withdrew to the other side of the table ..."
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