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Tetchily is a related term of tetchy.



As an adjective tetchy

is easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible.

As an adverb tetchily is

in an annoyed or irritated manner.

tetchy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible
  • * 1592 , (William Shakespeare), (Romeo and Juliette), , (Nurse speaking, spelling modernized):
    • When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple
    Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool,
    To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug!

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l)

    References

    tetchily

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an annoyed or irritated manner.
  • * 1862 , Henry Mayhew, Young Benjamin Franklin , chapter V
    • "Do be quiet, will you, or I shall miss it all," cried Jabez, tetchily .
  • * 2001 , Zadie Smith, White Teeth: A Novel? page 325
    • "No, indeed. He got me dis little buggy—"
    "Side car," corrected Ryan tetchily . "It's called a sidecar."

    Synonyms

    * (in an annoyed or irritated manner) irascibly, peevishly, testily

    Related terms

    * tetchiness * tetchy