testily Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- raspy
- peevish
- crabby
- waspish
- grouchy
- pettish
- crotchety
- snappish
- cranky
- stuffy
- snarky
- sensitive
- short
- choleric
- contentious
- out-of-humor
- petulant
- passionate
- snippy
- prickly
- cross
- out-of-sorts
- grumpy
- short-tempered
- irascible
Weak:
- quarrelsome
- dyspeptic
- cross-grained
- argumentative
- fretful
- bellicose
- off-color
- cantankerous
- snappy
- truculent
- snippety
- tetchy
- querulous
- pugnacious
- fractious
- ill-tempered
- ornery
- sullen
- ill-humored
- ill-natured
- surly
- scrappy
- curmudgeonly
- sulky
- touchy
- disagreeable
- ratty
- huffy
- bilious
- belligerent
- combative
- perverse
- thin-skinned
- snarly
- off-colored
- pouty
- disputatious
- quick-tempered
- bearish
Strongest:
- affable
- cordial
- agreeable
- companionable
- good-natured
- genial
- amiable
- friendly
- companionable
- outgoing
- outgoing
- affable
- gregarious
- sociable
- cordial
- good-natured
- extraverted
- sociable
- extroverted
- agreeable
- extraverted
- gregarious
- amiable
- sweet
- genial
- extroverted
- sweet
- friendly
Strong:
- carefree
- relaxed
- good-tempered
- patient
- well-disposed
- tolerant
- tolerant
- easygoing
- patient
- easygoing
- carefree
- well-disposed
- relaxed
- good-tempered
Weak:
testily Meaning
Wordnet
testily (r)
in a petulant manner
testily Sentence Examples
- The manager testily reprimanded the employee for their tardiness.
- The professor testily interrupted the student to correct a factual error.
- The neighbor testily complained about the loud music coming from my apartment.
- The cashier testily demanded payment for the groceries after the customer hesitated.
- The parent testily warned their child to stop misbehaving.
- The boss testily questioned the employee's decision-making skills.
- The teacher testily scolded the student for not completing their homework.
- The doctor testily explained the side effects of the medication to the patient.
- The driver testily shouted at the cyclist who cut them off in traffic.
- The librarian testily hushed a patron who was talking too loudly in the library.
FAQs About the word testily
in a petulant manner
fiery,irritable, raspy,peevish, crabby, waspish, grouchy, pettish, crotchety, snappish
affable, cordial, agreeable, companionable, good-natured, genial, amiable, friendly, companionable, outgoing
The manager testily reprimanded the employee for their tardiness.
The professor testily interrupted the student to correct a factual error.
The neighbor testily complained about the loud music coming from my apartment.
The cashier testily demanded payment for the groceries after the customer hesitated.
