Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a peevish manner; petulantly; fretfully; with discontent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a peevish manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
peevish manner orway .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a peevish manner
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Examples
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'Heavens! said she, peevishly,' is this the gallant, polite Frenchman!
The Castle of Wolfenbach Eliza 1793
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The morning was fresh and cool; I threw back the lattice, and presently the room filled with sweet scents from the garden; but Catherine called peevishly to me, 'Ellen, shut the window.
Wuthering Heights Emily Bront�� 1833
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Instead, Steve Jobs keeps the big picture in mind, as he reveals "peevishly" in a hysterical 2003 New York Timesinterview with Rob Walker at the end of a fascinating examination of the iPod as cultural artifact.
Dorie Clark: How to Create Thought-Leading Ideas Dorie Clark 2010
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Instead, Steve Jobs keeps the big picture in mind, as he reveals "peevishly" in a hysterical 2003 New York Timesinterview with Rob Walker at the end of a fascinating examination of the iPod as cultural artifact.
Dorie Clark: How to Create Thought-Leading Ideas Dorie Clark 2010
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Instead, Steve Jobs keeps the big picture in mind, as he reveals "peevishly" in a hysterical 2003 New York Timesinterview with Rob Walker at the end of a fascinating examination of the iPod as cultural artifact.
Dorie Clark: How to Create Thought-Leading Ideas Dorie Clark 2010
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The morning was fresh and cool; I threw back the lattice, and presently the room filled with sweet scents from the garden; but Catherine called peevishly to me, “Ellen, shut the window.
Wuthering Heights 2002
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I threw back the lattice, and presently the room filled with sweet scents from the garden; but Catherine called peevishly to me, "Ellen, shut the window.
Wuthering Heights 1847
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Reflect upon him, too, in your moments of dissipation, and let his idea controul your indiscretions -- not merely in an hour of contradiction call peevishly upon his name, only to wound the dearest friend you have. "
A Simple Story Mrs. Inchbald 1787
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"Ophelia and Daphne not down yet, Flavia?" he asked peevishly, looking up from the latest issue of The British Philatelist, which lay open beside his meat and potatoes.
Excerpt: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley 2009
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Most of these things are prescriptive in some broad sense, no? — just not peevishly and snarkily so.
Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar 2009
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