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touchily

touchily adverb: in a touchy manner.

Adverb

touchily (comparative more touchily, superlative most touchily)

  1. In a touchy manner.
    • "No," said the latter touchily, "I be not agreed.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 35

touchily meaning in Tamil

touchily in Tamil

முன்சினம்

Forms of touchily

comparativemore touchily
superlativemost touchily

Origin of touchily

From touchy + -ly.

Questions about touchily

What does touchily mean?
Touchily means in a touchy manner.
What is touchily in Tamil?
Touchily in Tamil is முன்சினம். See Touchily meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is touchily?
Touchily is an adverb.

Words near touchily in the dictionary

  1. touchfree
  2. touchhole
  3. touchholes
  4. touchier
  5. touchiest
  6. touchily
  7. touchin'
  8. touchiness
  9. touchinesses
  10. touching
  11. touching a nerve

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Adapted from Wiktionary: touchily (page history and authors); touchily (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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