Adjective : a peevish youngster. ,a peevish reply; a peevish frown. From Dictionary.com.
'Heavens! said she, peevishly,' is this the gallant, polite Frenchman!. From Wordnik.com. [The Castle of Wolfenbach] Reference
Didn't the man ever sleep? she wondered peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
"Bit, sir, you canna do it," said Duncan peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873] Reference
"I told them to hold all calls," he said peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
'But it's all Franny likes,' Frank said, peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Hotel New Hampshire]
He picked up his pen, then peevishly threw it down. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]
"What are they waiting for?" muttered Tom peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference
"Why, wherever have 'ee bin to?" she said peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880] Reference
Scrupilo looked up peevishly from the Pink Oliphaunt. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
"All this is beside the mark," he responded peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
"Another brat on the scene," the peeve said peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Stork Naked]
'What will they do to him?' his father asked peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Polish Tales] Reference
"Well, and what of that?" retorted Nightmare, peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls] Reference
“How did you know?” asked Parker, a little peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Unnatural Death]
‘I thought you were never coming,’ he said peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [The White Cottage Mystery]
I turned my head peevishly away, and closed my eyes again. From Wordnik.com. [Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense] Reference
"Something is amiss," Samitsu said peevishly as she sat up. From Wordnik.com. [A Crown of Swords]
"I will not go on to Borvabost," said the old man peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873] Reference
"I don't like the set-up in town," Red was saying peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Ralestone Luck] Reference
"What a noise you make!" said the bed-ridden woman peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Women of the Country] Reference
"You are ten minutes late, Eleanor!" said Mrs. Lorton peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
"Now, there you are again, Beth," Mrs. Caldwell cried peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
"Why, what's wrong with him now?" asked Griffith, a little peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
I peevishly determined to take no more rambles in the direction of the. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference
"How could you see your face, Mrs. Mallet?" somewhat peevishly objected. From Wordnik.com. [Cecilia de Noël] Reference
"Not for years -- not until I am dead," returned Mr. Raymond peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878] Reference
"Why did you not come to meet me with the children?" he cried peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [A Ghetto Violet From "Christian and Leah"] Reference
"Why did you never tell me before?" asked Julia peevishly, from the sofa. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Arnold or, the Country Cousin] Reference
"Oh, you don't understand, Miss Thurston," declared Reginald Latham peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail] Reference
'I can't be always scolding the children, Mary,' replied Mrs. Ellis, peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Mary] Reference
"I will say what you please," Answered Bars, peevishly, "an 'you will untie me.". From Wordnik.com. [The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance] Reference
"For goodness sake, what made you think of that now?" asked Laura a little peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck] Reference
Malone said peevishly, beginning to discover himself capable of semirational English speech. From Wordnik.com. [That Sweet Little Old Lady] Reference
And Mrs. Ellis rubbed her spectacles and looked peevishly out of the window as she concluded. From Wordnik.com. [The Garies and Their Friends] Reference
"So like you -- you always come to scold, and make things unpleasant," said Mrs. Leslie, peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
"But I don't want to hear about any thing that will keep you away from me," said Zillah, peevishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
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