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