The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pettish \Pet"tish\, a. [From Pet.]
Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
``A pettish kind of humor.''
--Sterne. -- Pet"tish*ly, adv.
-- Pet"tish*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a pettish manner; peevishly.
WordNet
adv. in a petulant manner; "he said testily; `Go away!'" [syn: testily, irritably, petulantly]
Usage examples of "pettishly".
I went on pettishly, thinking her rather tardy in obeying my wishes, at the same time wondering at her silence, for she was usually quite voluble.
Dinner was to be early so that they could stay up and have it with the grown-ups, and it was when they had gone that Lucillia declared pettishly that she was too tired to stay downstairs any longer.
And anyway, she reflected pettishly, he had taken her wish never to see him again seriously.
He was going to be impossible to quarrel with, she thought pettishly, and then pulled herself up sharply.
He kicked him twice in the ribs, pettishly, almost as an afterthought.
Celine went out of the dining-room she felt pettishly that she had done more than her share of the work that evening.
Rose pettishly called them back, for she preferred to play at gathering wild flowers.
The robot was whirring grungily and pettishly, but it could only fidget, it couldn’t actually move.
The robot was whirring grungily and pettishly, but it could only fidget, it couldn't actually move.
Theleb K'aarna turned away, pettishly picking at his long black beard.