Pet·tish a. Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper. “A pettish kind of humor.” --Sterne. -- Pet*tish*ly, adv. -- Pet*tish*ness, n.
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pettishly
adv : in a petulant manner; "he said testily; `Go away!'" [syn: testily,
irritably, petulantly]