peevishly

1. 1.

   in a peevish manner

   Synonymsquerulouslyfractiously

Questions about peevishly

What does peevishly mean?

peevishly means "in a peevish manner".

How many syllables are in peevishly?

peevishly has 3 syllables: pee-vish-ly. The stress falls on "pee".

What is another word for peevishly?

Close synonyms include querulously, fractiously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peevishly a common word?

peevishly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.