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# pettishly

«pettishly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a cross, sulky, childish way, as when someone is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (pettishly)

### meaning for a pupil

In a cross, sulky, childish way, as when someone is easily annoyed about small things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pettishly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories to describe how a character speaks or acts: «I don't care!» she said pettishly. Alice in Wonderland uses it for grumpy characters and for Alice herself when she is fed up. It tells the reader the character is behaving like a sulky child.

### examples

- «I won't!» said the little boy pettishly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pettishly/#x1)
- The Duchess answered pettishly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pettishly/#x2)
- She tossed her head pettishly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pettishly/#x3)
- Toad kicked the stone pettishly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pettishly/#x4)
- «Oh, leave me alone,» he said pettishly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pettishly/#x5)
- The spoiled prince waved the servant away pettishly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pettishly/#x6)

### note

Adverb of «pettish» (bad-tempered over small things). Related to «pet» in the old sense «a fit of sulking» («in a pet»). Similar: crossly, sulkily, peevishly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pettishly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pettishly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.