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.
Source: tatoeba (6213268)
Pettishly
Synonyms for "pettishly" (4 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (1)
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (2)
Adverb(2 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Lady Mary turned pettishly away; no woman likes anybody but herself to depreciate a lover; it is personally an ill compliment.
Source: wiktionary
"You are very dull this morning, Sheriff," said the youngest daughter of the house, who, being the baby and pretty, had grown pettishly privileged in speech.
Source: wiktionary
`Why did you keep me standing there in the cold?' he asked pettishly.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 5 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.