tetchily
advUK, US /ˈtɛt͡ʃ.ɪ.li/
Etymology From tetchy + -ly.
1
In an annoyed or irritated manner.
- "Do be quiet, will you, or I shall miss it all," cried Jabez, tetchily.1862, Henry Mayhew, chapter V, in Young Benjamin Franklin:
- "No, indeed. He got me dis little buggy—" "Sidecar," corrected Ryan tetchily. "It's called a sidecar."2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 338:
- Related terms
- tetchiness, tetchy