Pettish \Pet"tish\, a. [From {Pet}.]
Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
``A pettish kind of humor.'' --Sterne. -- {Pet"tish*ly}, adv.
-- {Pet"tish*ness}, n.
pettishly
adv : in a petulant manner; "he said testily; `Go away!'" [syn: {testily},
{irritably}, {petulantly}]