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peevishly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English peevish Middle English -ly English -ly English peevishly From peevish + -ly.

Meanings

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:
   • Seated in a kitchen chair, and rasping at his scorched shoulders, he said peevishly, "By ginger, it gives a man the willies, left alone in a place like this all day." 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 78:
   • His uncles peevishly claimed the paper. 1938, Evelyn Waugh, Scoop, book I, ch. 2,1:

Forms

Translations (4)

pl z rozdrażnieniem (in a peevish manner) · pl z irytacją (in a peevish manner) · ru сварли́во (in a peevish manner) · ru ворчли́во (in a peevish manner)