Usually means: Irritably, with annoyance or impatience.
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  1. tetchily: Merriam-Webster
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  3. tetchily: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tetchily: Vocabulary.com
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  6. tetchily: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. tetchily: Wiktionary
  8. tetchily: Dictionary.com
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  10. tetchily: FreeDictionary.org
  11. tetchily: Mnemonic Dictionary
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▸ adverb:  In an annoyed or irritated manner.

Similar:
techily, irritatedly, irritably, tensely, skittishly, fretfully, touchily, agitatedly, twitchily, perturbedly, more...

Types:
crossly, snappishly, irritably, testily, more...

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Similar:
techily, irritatedly, irritably, tensely, skittishly, fretfully, touchily, agitatedly, twitchily, perturbedly, more...

Types:
crossly, snappishly, irritably, testily, more...



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