petulantly
petulantly adverb: in a petulant manner.
Adverb
petulantly (comparative more petulantly, superlative most petulantly)
- In a petulant manner.
- `She loves the man, and he has been pleased to accept her love: where, then, is her sin?' `Truly, oh Holly, thou art foolish,' she answered, almost petulantly.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- A wayward hen, too proud to roost with the other hens on the village church, had come to our coconut palm and was cluck-clucking petulantly, for halfway up the tree she had spied us occupying her roost.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 193
- Synonyms:
- grudgingly
Synonyms of petulantly
Forms of petulantly
| comparative | more petulantly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most petulantly |
Origin of petulantly
From petulant + -ly.
Questions about petulantly
- What does petulantly mean?
- Petulantly means in a petulant manner.
- What part of speech is petulantly?
- Petulantly is an adverb.
Words near petulantly in the dictionary
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