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Definition of Touchily
1. Adverb. In a touchy manner. "He touchily refused all offers to help"
Definition of Touchily
1. adv. In a touchy manner.
Definition of Touchily
1. Adverb. In a touchy manner ¹
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Definition of Touchily
1. touchy [adv] - See also: touchy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Touchily
Literary usage of Touchily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"he said touchily. "Not that fidelity will be any great merit in me after your
kind speech about my unworthiness, which should have been said by myself if by ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1826)
"... so touchily defended by the gallant officer, did not scruple to make this
unjustifiable attack upon the respectable lawyers whom he had named. ..."
3. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1859)
"Now, what should you have done under the circumstances ? MYSELF (dreamily to
Snob).—I should have let fly the revolver amongst them. SNOB (touchily). ..."
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