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