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