peevishly — English Dictionary

Adverb

1. In a peevish manner.

   Examples

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   "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."

   His uncles peevishly claimed the paper.

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   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."

Adverb

1. in a peevish manner

   Synonyms

   querulouslyfractiously