peevish
adjective
cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent.
peevishly
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a word derived from
peevish.
Example Sentences
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One dons his straw sombrero on the crown of the head while another arranges it at a rakish angle; some look off into the distance while one man gazes peevishly at the artist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2022
How much longer, she inquired peevishly, did we expect to continue?
From Scientific American ● Aug. 25, 2018
“Well, mother goats don’t die of heartbreak the way we do,” I said peevishly.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2016
Trollope could be stirred, a little peevishly, at times, by speculative capitalism, his bête noire.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 27, 2015
It was clutching half a hazelnut in its paws, and looked up peevishly at being interrupted.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
