quick-tempered

Geisbert was also quick to mention how the methodology of the study could be affecting the current results.

Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"

His enemies in the cabinet were quick to perceive when their devices had taken effect on the King and Queen.

I've tried to teach lots of folks; an' sum learns quick, an' some don't never learn; it's jest 's 't strikes 'em.

Bernard uttered a quick exclamation, but Angela checked him with a glance, and Gordon looked from one of them to the other.

There was a band playing down at Klein's hotel, and the strains reached them faintly, tempered by the distance.