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語源

From tetchy +‎ -ly.

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /ˈtɛt͡ʃ.ɪ.li/

副詞

tetchily (comparative more tetchily, superlative most tetchily)

1. In an annoyed or irritated manner.
   • 1862, Henry Mayhew, chapter V, in Young Benjamin Franklin:

     "Do be quiet, will you, or I shall miss it all," cried Jabez, tetchily.

   • 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 338:

     "No, indeed. He got me dis little buggy—"
     "Sidecar," corrected Ryan tetchily. "It's called a sidecar."

同意語

• (in an annoyed or irritated manner): irascibly, peevishly, testily

関連する語

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