tetchily

1. 1.

   in an ill-natured and tetchy manner

   “`Are you sure?' he asked her tetchily”

Questions about tetchily

What does tetchily mean?

tetchily means "in an ill-natured and tetchy manner".

How many syllables are in tetchily?

tetchily has 3 syllables and divides as tet-chi-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is tetchily a common word?

tetchily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.