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