0 in an angry, impatient, and rude way, especially about things that are not important:
She pettishly waved away the waiter who was bringing her coffee.
She shrugged her shoulders a little pettishly as she leaned back in the cab.
Then he tossed the marble away pettishly, and stood cogitating.
Her eyes were still closed: she frowned and pouted pettishly.
If he was to be a part of the ship's life, there was small sense in acting pettishly.
She was just entering the drawing-room as she did so, and threw it down pettishly on a chair by the door; and, lo!
