peevishly

/ˈpivɪʃli/ adv

In a peevish manner.

Word Origin Peevish comes from Middle English pevissh, meaning 'fretful, perverse,' but its origin is uncertain — possibly from Latin perversus 'turned the wrong way.' The word peeve was later back-formed from peevish, so a pet peeve is literally a 'favorite annoyance.' Peevishly is just the adverb, doing something in an irritable way.

adv In a peevish manner.

The child replied peevishly when asked to clean his room.

(副词) 暴躁地;易怒地;不耐烦地

当被要求打扫房间时,孩子脾气暴躁地回答。

(adverbio) irritablemente; con mal humor; malhumoradamente; quejumbrosamente [De manera irritable o malhumorada.]

El niño respondió con mal humor cuando le pidieron que limpiara su habitación.

(adverbe) maussadement; aigrement; avec mauvaise humeur; d'un ton revêche; d'un air maussade [D'une manière irritable, maussade et portée à se plaindre.]

L'enfant a répondu peevishly quand on lui a demandé de ranger sa chambre.

(Adverb) mürrisch; gereizt; verdrießlich [Auf eine gereizte, mürrische oder leicht verärgerte Weise.]

Das Kind antwortete **peevishly**, als es aufgefordert wurde, sein Zimmer aufzuräumen.

(副詞) 気難しく、怒りっぽく、不機嫌な様子で。

子供は部屋の掃除を頼まれると、不機嫌そうに返事をした。

(advérbio) irritadamente; rabugentemente; mal-humoradamente; amuoadamente [De maneira irritadiça.]

A criança respondeu irritadamente quando pediram para ele arrumar o quarto.

Word parts: peevish + ly

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