testily Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- out-of-humor
- peevish
- stuffy
- pettish
- irascible
- grumpy
- passionate
- short-tempered
- crotchety
- contentious
- petulant
- snippy
- choleric
- prickly
- waspish
- grouchy
- raspy
- short
- cross
- sensitive
- crabby
- cranky
- out-of-sorts
- snappish
- snarky
Weak:
- cantankerous
- disputatious
- fretful
- huffy
- snappy
- off-color
- touchy
- disagreeable
- surly
- truculent
- bilious
- pouty
- dyspeptic
- off-colored
- snarly
- bellicose
- tetchy
- ill-humored
- pugnacious
- ornery
- scrappy
- fractious
- sulky
- combative
- perverse
- querulous
- bearish
- curmudgeonly
- sullen
- cross-grained
- quick-tempered
- quarrelsome
- ill-tempered
- belligerent
- argumentative
- ratty
- ill-natured
- thin-skinned
- snippety
Strongest:
- sociable
- affable
- good-natured
- cordial
- cordial
- amiable
- sweet
- genial
- extraverted
- friendly
- extraverted
- gregarious
- sociable
- sweet
- companionable
- outgoing
- affable
- extroverted
- gregarious
- agreeable
- companionable
- amiable
- genial
- friendly
- outgoing
- good-natured
- extroverted
- agreeable
Strong:
- relaxed
- good-tempered
- tolerant
- carefree
- easygoing
- patient
- easygoing
- carefree
- relaxed
- tolerant
- good-tempered
- well-disposed
- well-disposed
- patient
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
irritable, fiery, out of humor,peevish, stuffy, pettish, irascible, grumpy, passionate, short-tempered
sociable, affable, good-natured,cordial, cordial, amiable, sweet, genial, extraverted, friendly
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.
