fretful
adjective
disposed or quick to fret; irritable or peevish.
fretfully
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a word derived from
fretful.
Example Sentences
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You can find the professor-preacher-pundit Michael Eric Dyson fretfully watching gospel coming “out of the church, into the streets” in the New York Times in 1991, just before Franklin himself arrived at the party.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2019
He’s also never quite sure of the effect of his words, which Dinklage artfully conveys by looking around fretfully after proposing Bran as the new king.
From The Verge ● May 21, 2019
Hawke intercuts this discussion with his own dialogue with Bernstein, fretfully telling him that many artistic geniuses are also “extremely selfish, extremely horrible people,” citing Jackson Pollock and Marlon Brando.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 14, 2015
There were times when he couldn’t answer the question, when progress was nonexistent or fretfully slow.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2014
Milo was even more upset by the possibility that someone had poisoned his squadron again, and he came bustling fretfully to Yossarian for assistance.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
