Starkey claimed that with age his mentor became tetchy and arrogant.
He was effortlessly tetchy and contentious, forver falling out with those around him, incapable of seeing other perspectives, incapable of compromise...
I was not at all tetchy.
I suspect that he has not yet had a chance to have his dinner, because his tetchy tone rather suggested a drop in his blood sugar level.
I am just saying that he is in rather a tetchy mood, that is all.
I am sorry to sound rather tetchy, but this has been made to sound as though it is a very splendid amendment.
It is getting late and no doubt that is why we are getting confused and at times tetchy.
As we may have to wait even until the summer, tempers may get a little tetchy, as last night's closing session proved.
