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peevishly

peevishly adverb: in a peevish manner.

Adverb

peevishly (comparative more peevishly, superlative most peevishly)

  1. In a peevish manner.
    • "See / Or shut your eyes," said Nature peevishly, / "It nothing skills: I cannot help my case: / 'Tis the Last Judgment's fire must cure this place, / Calcine its clods and set my prisoners free."1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XI
    • His uncles peevishly claimed the paper.1938, Evelyn Waugh, Scoop, book I, ch. 2,1

Forms of peevishly

comparativemore peevishly
superlativemost peevishly

Origin of peevishly

From peevish + -ly.

Questions about peevishly

What does peevishly mean?
Peevishly means in a peevish manner.
What part of speech is peevishly?
Peevishly is an adverb.

Words near peevishly in the dictionary

  1. peeververein
  2. peevery
  3. peeves
  4. peeving
  5. peevish
  6. peevishly
  7. peevishness
  8. peevishnesses
  9. peevit
  10. peevits
  11. peevy

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