She withdrew it a little peevishly, after a moment's pause.
To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate.
A thin, squeaky voice peevishly demanded to know what was wanted.
And she walked away frowning, and seated herself at the piano and began peevishly striking at the keys.
The old lady who had entertained fears of the insane man was both peevishly outspoken and addicted to covert innuendo.
He started, when he saw the landlady's broad face look peevishly out of one of the windows in the second story.
He seized his unfilled glass, looked into it, and pushed it from him peevishly.
He cut me short, peevishly enough, being naturally a poor, weak, womanish sort of man.
