shrewish
adjective
having the disposition of a shrew.
shrewishly
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a word derived from
shrewish.
Example Sentences
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The mezzo-soprano Lacey Jo Benter offered a chuckle-inducing portrayal of the shrewishly selfish Zita.
From New York Times β Apr. 28, 2011
"What are you doing," she had called shrewishly, "looking for your fortune?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Before I could depart, however, two more shots in the same quarter, left me no room to doubt that the Termagant was talking most shrewishly with my factory at New Sestros.
From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Brantz Mayer
He is very well-favoured, and he speaks very shrewishly; one would think his mother's milk were scarce out of him.
From Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
"Yes, well, I hadn't!" said Eve, rather shrewishly.
From Mr. Prohack by Arnold Bennett
