TOUCHILY

touchily

(adverb) in a touchy manner; “he touchily refused all offers to help”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

touchily (comparative more touchily, superlative most touchily)

In a touchy manner.

Source: Wiktionary


Touch"i*ly, adv.

Definition: In a touchy manner.

TOUCHY

Touch"y, a. Etym: [For techy, tetchy.]

Definition: Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire. [Colloq.] It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personal attacks. Saintsbury.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SALTWORT

(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash


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