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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in a petulant manner;
- Example: "he said testily `Go away!'";
[syn: testily, irritably, petulantly, pettishly]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pettish \Pet"tish\, a. [From Pet.] Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper. "A pettish kind of humor." --Sterne. -- Pet"tish*ly, adv. -- Pet"tish*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pettishly adv 1: in a petulant manner; "he said testily; `Go away!'" [syn: testily, irritably, petulantly, pettishly]