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Definition of Testily
1. Adverb. In a petulant manner. "He said testily; `Go away!'"
Definition of Testily
1. Adverb. In the manner of someone who is testy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Testily
1. in a testy manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Testily
Literary usage of Testily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1919)
"A physician signing a deed as a witness is competent to testily as to the mental
competency of the grantor, where his testimony does not involve disclosure ..."
2. The Upper Canada Law Journal and Local Courts Gazette by Canadian Bar Association (1855)
"then be there, to testily what he shall ki.ow concerning the matter of the said
information (or .... testily ..."
3. Notes to Phillipps' Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Esek Cowen, Nicholas Hill, Samuel March Phillipps (1839)
"... to testily. The case was one of high treason ; and Ld. Holt, Ch. J. told him
he should have sent before, the last night or in the morning, ..."
4. History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourthby William Cobbett by William Cobbett (1830)
"testily observed, that his opinions might be worth nothing in comparison with those
... testily ..."
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