Pettishly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a pettish manner; peevishly.

    "Lady Mary turned pettishly away; no woman likes anybody but herself to depreciate a lover; it is personally an ill compliment."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a petulant manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
irritablypetulantlypetulantlytestily

Example

More examples

"Chloe endeavoured to prevent him, but he paid no heed to her, and finding herself disregarded, she ran off pettishly to her sheep, whilst Daphnis, climbing the tree, reached the apple and plucked it."

Etymology

From pettish + -ly.

More for "pettishly"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.