PEEVISHLY

peevishly, querulously, fractiously

(adverb) in a peevish manner

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

peevishly (comparative more peevishly, superlative most peevishly)

In a peevish manner.

Source: Wiktionary


Pee"vish*ly, adv.

Definition: In a peevish manner. Shak.

PEEVISH

Pee"vish, a. Etym: [OE. pevische; of uncertain origin, perh. from a word imitative of the noise made by fretful children + -ish.]

1. Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant. "Her peevish babe." Wordsworth. She is peevish, sullen, froward. Shak.

2. Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.

3. Silly; childish; trifling. [Obs.] To send such peevish tokens to a king. Shak.

Syn.

– Querulous; petulant; cross; ill-tempered; testy; captious; discontented. See Fretful.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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