0 in an angry, impatient, and rude way, especially about things that are not important: --
But they were bound to please me in all practicable ways, so they informed me, although somewhat pettishly.
I pettishly asked her why she did not call a domestic to do it.
But she resisted, pulling away from him almost pettishly, shrinking from his touch.
She spoke pettishly, with an impulse to exasperate.
She tore off her robe pettishly, flung out of her pajamas, and began to dress with angry determination.
The beautiful girl in her white dress with the roses and myrtles in her small hand, turned her face away pettishly.
I pettishly asked why she did not call a domestic to do it.
Not to do so would be pettishly self-cognizant.
