testily
/tˈɛstəli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…]thinking it urgent to say something, I asked him presently if he felt any cold draught from the door, which was behind him. "No, no!" he responded shortly and somewhat testily."
- "`We have been looking for a mystery, and we certainly seem to have found one.' `What do I make of it? Why, that your poor dear father was off his head, of course,' I answered, testily."
- ""Sit ye down, I'm sayin'," said Uncle Jobson testily."
- "“Starve? Stuff and nonsense!” he retorted testily. “No able-bodied fellow need starve nowadays. [...] Pshaw! Starve! That's always your, cuckoo cry!”"
- "'Oh, for heaven's sake,' said Prak and died testily."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more testily (comparative)
most testily (superlative)