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adverb
In a petulant manner:— He said testily: `Go away!'.
synonyms: irritably, pettishly, petulantly.
pertainym: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy.
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