peevishly's Usage Examples:

Little James, somewhat nettled at the threatened visitation, peevishly replied; 'it may happen, likewise, that this chattering magpie, by the.

In a letter in 1751, Horace Walpole wrote rather peevishly of Capability Brown's landscaping at Warwick Castle, "The castle is enchanting;.

Bart tries to apologize to him, Homer denounces his son and Martin and peevishly tells Bart to do as he pleases.

one man's grand love for a woman who marries another are bound to be peevishly disappointed .

is said that, as he saw the flags going up, Collingwood remarked half-peevishly to his flag-lieutenant, "I wish Nelson would make no more signals; we.

to loud arguments, which in earlier seasons typically end with Cartman peevishly saying "Screw you guys.

remarked that "I don't remember now where I read that Herder once exploded peevishly at the constant preoccupation with Spinoza, "If Goethe would only for.

irritated when people pronounce it in the traditional manner, saying peevishly that "everybody gets it wrong".

In the prison he bore himself pathetically, peevishly, but never ignobly.

Śāriputra asks the goddess, perhaps somewhat peevishly, why she still has the (inferior) body of a woman, if she has attained.

Nogood Boyo – A lazy young fisherman who dreams peevishly of "nothing", though he later fantasises about Mrs.

peevishly well bred," as an irritated Rigby described him, would not be challenged.

New York Times reviewer Ann Hodgman called it "peevishly hilarious," with thick layers of domestic detail, plot and characters.

Manchester peevishly refused to be hurried, either by his more vigorous subordinates or by.

The executive officer, peevishly commanded by the captain to stand the onerous morning watch on the bridge.

Nurse Bendy peevishly says that somebody should teach Dr.

It opened with Academicus admitting rather peevishly that he was somewhat disappointed.

I don't remember now where I read that Herder once exploded peevishly at the constant preoccupation with Spinoza, "If Goethe would only for.

Synonyms:

querulously; fractiously;